Knightstown Academy
United States historic place in Knightstown, Indiana. Built 1876 by John A. Hasecoster. Added to the National Register in 1976, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Knightstown Academy is a historic school building located at Knightstown, Indiana. It was built as a Quaker Academy in 1876 and affiliated with the Society of Friends. The building is located north of the National Road on Cary at Washington Street. The building was designed in 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.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Cary St., Knightstown, IN |
| County | Henry County |
| Listed | Sep 29, 1976 |
| Reference number | 76000022 |
| Built | 1876 |
| Architect | John A. Hasecoster |
| Type of place | revenue house, school building |
| Style | Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Cary St., Knightstown, IN |
| Coordinates | 39.79995, -85.52472 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | William Howard Taft National Historic Site · 72 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Quakertown Campground 37 mi · Tailwater Shelter 2 (Brookville Lake) 37 mi · Tailwater Shelter 1 (Brookville Lake) 37 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 76000022. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.