Knightstown Academy
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| Knightstown Academy | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Knightstown, Indiana |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1877 |
| Architect: | John Adam Hasecoster |
| Architectural style(s): | Second Empire |
| Added to NRHP: | 1976 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 76000022 [1] |
| Governing body: | Private |
The Knightstown Academy was built as a Quaker Academy in 1877 in the small Indiana town of Knightstown. The academy was affiliated with the Society of Friends. The building is located north of the National Road (US 40) on Cary at Washington Street. The building was designed in full blown Second Empire style. It has a mansard roof and twin four story towers that are topped by a telescope and a globe. After the building ceased to be used as an academy, it functioned for many years as the local public high school. It is now an apartment building. The attached gymnasium was used as the home court of the Hickory Huskers in the 1985 movie Hoosiers.
[edit] References
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (1986-05-22).
[edit] External links
- Link to Hoosier Gym - http://www.thehoosiergym.com/
