White River Township’s District 15 schoolhouse first stood on land owned by W.S. Green just south of Sparrow Creek1. Over time, its patrons began to refer to the establishment as the Green or Green’s Station school2.
In 1874, the schoolhouse was located at the northwest corner of County Road 400-West and County Road 50-South on land owned by Solomon Mosier3. The extant schoolhouse was built twenty-four years later4.
The District 15 school closed in 1909 after its students were sent to the Lincoln Consolidated School two miles northwest5. In 1912, the building was purchased by the Poplar Run Monthly Meeting. A west wing was added to the meetinghouse in 2012. The sanctuary -the building’s former classroom- was expanded six years later6.
The building’s original footprint is still visible after the additions. Today, it’s still used as a meetinghouse under the auspices of the Sparrow Creek Friends Church.
Sources Cited
1 Warner, C.S (1865). 1865 Wall-Map of Randolph County. C.A.O. McClellan & C.S. Warner. Waterloo, Indiana. map.
2 Shaffer, S. (2018, December 4). Historic Randolph County Church Celebrates Renovation and New Name. The Winchesters News Gazette. Web. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
3 Griffing, B. N. (1874). Ward Township. An atlas of Randolph County, Indiana . map, Philadelphia, PA; Griffing, Gordon, & Company.
4 (See footnote 2).
5 Hinshaw, G. (2008). A History of Education in Randolph County, Indiana. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
6 (See footnote 2).
