Old Frankfort Stone High School, also known as Old Stoney, is a historic high school building in Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana. It was built in 1892, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, Richardsonian Romanesque style sandstone building on a raised basement. It has Indiana limestone trim, a large round arched entrance, four large stone chimneys, and four-story corner tower with a tall conical roof. The building was damaged by fire in 1922, and rebuilt with the work completed in 1926. The building housed a junior high school from 1962 to 1974, after which it ceased use as a public school.[2]: 2–3
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] It is located in the Christian Ridge Historic District.
Since 1980, the Clinton County Historical Society and Museum has been located in on the second floor of Old Stoney.
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved August 1, 2015. Note: This includes Frederick Dale Brown (January 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Frankfort Stone High School" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.
External links
Media related to Old Frankfort Stone High School at Wikimedia Commons- Clinton County Historical Society and Museum
