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In 1847, officials in White River Township purchased land at the southwest corner of East County Road 300-North and North County Road 100-East to host a schoolhouse they planned for District 2¹. By 1865, the school had been relocated to the northeast corner of the intersection on land owned by the Holdeman family². 

By 1882, the Huffman family owned the 79.5 acres surrounding the schoolhouse³. Area residents commonly referred to the institution as both Holdeman and Huffman.  

Although its patrons filed suit to keep the District 2 schoolhouse open⁴, the building was shuttered in 1912 so its students could attend the new consolidated McKinley school two-and-a-half miles south of it.

The abandoned schoolhouse was sold two years later⁵. In 1915, it seems that its purchaser moved the building across the road. Local experts believe It still stands there today, converted into a home⁶.

Sources Cited
1 Hinshaw, G. (2008). A History of Education in Randolph County, Indiana. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
2 Warner, C.S (1865). 1865 Wall-Map of Randolph County. C.A.O. McClellan & C.S. Warner. Waterloo, Indiana. map.
3 Tucker, E. (1882). History of Randolph County, Indiana. book. Chicago, IL; A.L. Kingman.
4 News from the Court House (1912, September 25). The Winchester Herald.
5 (See footnote 1).
6 Randolph County Office of Information & GIS Services. (2022). Parcel ID: 68-09-04-400-025.000-020. Randolph County, Indiana Assessor. map, Winchester, IN.