Fodrea

Stony Creek Township’s District 9 schoolhouse was commonly known as Fodrea after the family who originally donated its land sometime around 1865 (Hinshaw). In 1874, it was situated on land owned by the heirs of Elisha Garrett in 1874 (Griffing, 1874), as it was in 1882 (Tucker, 1882). 

In 1915, the Fodrea school became home to Stoney Creek Township’s first accredited high school when fifteen pupils attended classes there before a consolidated school could be completed (School, 1915).

Located on South County Road 1000-West a quarter mile north of West County Road 150-South, the Fodrea schoolhouse sat just north of where its replacement -the Stoney Creek Township Consolidated School- was built the following year. In fact, the contract for erecting the new school was let on February 11, 1916 at the Fodrea schoolhouse, which by that point had apparently renumbered as District 8 (Fine, 1916). 

After it was discontinued, the old schoolhouse was used as the residence of the Stoney Creek School’s custodian (Hinshaw). Today, the schoolhouse is a home.

References

Hinshaw, G. (2008). A History of Education in Randolph County, Indiana. Retrieved February 13, 2022.

Griffing, B. N. (1874). Stony Creek Township. An atlas of Randolph County, Indiana . map, Philadelphia, PA; Griffing, Gordon, & Company.

Tucker, E. (1882). History of Randolph County, Indiana. book. Chicago, IL; A.L. Kingman.

School Opens After Two Years of Strife (1915, September 14). The Muncie Morning Star. p. 8.

Fine School Planned (1916, February 3). The Muncie Evening Press. p. 2.