Crawfordsville Senior High School
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The Old Crawfordsville High School was a high school in Crawfordsville, Indiana
in the United States
. It was inducted into the National Register of Historic Places
in 2003.
In 1873 the building that would come to be known as the Old Central School was constructed at this location for $44,000. The school comprised 12 rooms in three stories before an 1880 addition. The first graduating class of ten students graduated in 1877. At the first graduation the commencement address was given on the subject of women's equality
by school board president Robert Krout, father of feminist authors Mary Hannah Krout and Caroline Virginia Krout
who would later teach at the school..
In 1910 a new building was constructed on the same site, incorporating part of the structure of the previous building. Shortly thereafter, in 1911, the boys' basketball
team won the first Indiana High School Basketball Tournament.
In 1993, classes moved to a new facility at One Athenian Drive, on State Road 47 near the city's southwest corner. The Jefferson Street school building - currently houses a fitness center that incorporates the school's 1939 gymnasium, as well as some senior apartments, the city's unemployment office and other businesses.
Crawfordsville, Indiana
Crawfordsville is a city in Union Township, Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 15,915. The city is the county seat of Montgomery County...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was inducted into the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2003.
In 1873 the building that would come to be known as the Old Central School was constructed at this location for $44,000. The school comprised 12 rooms in three stories before an 1880 addition. The first graduating class of ten students graduated in 1877. At the first graduation the commencement address was given on the subject of women's equality
Gender equality
Gender equality is the goal of the equality of the genders, stemming from a belief in the injustice of myriad forms of gender inequality.- Concept :...
by school board president Robert Krout, father of feminist authors Mary Hannah Krout and Caroline Virginia Krout
Caroline Virginia Krout
Caroline Virginia Krout is an author born in Balhinch near Crawfordsville, Indiana. She was born in 1852 and died in 1931. She wrote several novels and a collection of short stories under the pen name Caroline Brown....
who would later teach at the school..
In 1910 a new building was constructed on the same site, incorporating part of the structure of the previous building. Shortly thereafter, in 1911, the boys' basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team won the first Indiana High School Basketball Tournament.
In 1993, classes moved to a new facility at One Athenian Drive, on State Road 47 near the city's southwest corner. The Jefferson Street school building - currently houses a fitness center that incorporates the school's 1939 gymnasium, as well as some senior apartments, the city's unemployment office and other businesses.
External links
- 1911 Crawfordsville High School State Basketball Champions, an extensive history of basketball at CHS by the Montgomery County Historical Society