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Center Township’s old Riley school in Delaware County

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Center Township’s $28,000 James Whitcomb Riley School opened on Center Pike in 1914. The original structure displaced the District 2 schoolhouse, known as Conn, at the southwest corner of West McGalliard Road and North Walnut Street1. Muncie annexed the area surrounding the it after the 1928-29 school year, which left Eugene Field as Center Township’s only school.

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White River Township’s Dull schoolhouse in Randolph County

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The White River Township District 8 school was located on David Heaston’s land in 18651. An 1882 map shows the schoolhouse at the same location2, but a new structure opened at the southeast corner of West County Road 200-North and North County Road 500-West a year before it was published3.

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Niles Township’s Lowe schoolhouse in Delaware County

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In 1863, John T. Ray granted a portion of his land on County Road 900-North to the Trustee of Niles Township to build a schoolhouse1. By 1881, the District 9 school was commonly known as the Smith school. It was taught by Eva Thomas2. The land the schoolhouse sat on was just south of 380 acres owned by Benjamin F. Smith, which is probably how it got its name3

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Union Township’s Poor schoolhouse in Delaware County

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Many Delaware County residents know about the stone marker that commemorates Union Township’s District 2 schoolhouse in northern Delaware County. It’s stood at the corner of County Roads 1200-North and 200-East since 19491! Fewer probably realize that they’ve driven past the old schoolhouse as well: if my research is correct, it sits about a third of a mile east of the monument.

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Albany’s last extant schoolhouse in Delaware County

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In 1893, the Albany Land Company capitalized on the prosperity that the natural gas boom brought to the town in northeastern Delaware County and laid out an addition to the community. It sat east of Halfway Creek1. The following year, the Lake Erie & Western railroad moved the town’s depot to the site of East Albany, a change that infuriated many of the town’s established residents2.

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Another of Delaware Township’s Albany schoolhouses in Delaware County

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Julia Allegre, George Current, and Rhoda Current deeded land to the Delaware School Township on July 15, 18761. Shortly after, the township constructed a two-story, three-bay brick building with a hipped roof and cupola to serve as a schoolhouse. Though originally the schoolhouse at Albany was designated as Delaware Township’s District 1, the town eventually operated its own, separate, school system.

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