Schrock School, Middlebury, IN - a photo on Flickriver

            I went by this schoolhouse the other day and stopped to get a few photo updates. For years two grain silos stood in front of it but they have been gone for a long time, only the concrete pads remain. As in the photo below that I took over thirty years ago, there are still horses using it as a shelter. (there was one on the other side) It's interesting to see what has changed and what has stayed the same. The roof is now very rusted and the back has collapsed but otherwise it looks about the same.

From the book, Elkhart County One Room Schools by Dean K. Garber:

"SHROCK School, District #2, Began in the mid 1850s on the north side of present day State Road 4, west of County Road 35. This was (originally) a wood frame building. The lumber was sawn at a sawmill that was located to the south of Rock Run Creek. In the late 1870's a rectangular brick building (this one)  was erected on teh same site. This building still stands in 1990 (still standing in 2021!) but the small front porch has been missing for many years. The front gable identification marker has been missing for quite some time. This marker would have given the date of erection, the district number and possibly the name of the trustee. This school closed in 1924 and the students were bussed to Clinton Center Community School. This has been used as a farm storage building. 
It has been rumored that a lady taught at this school for one year, who later became the stepmother to Jesse James. Nothing has ever been found to confirm this rumor. The attendance ranged from 31 to 49 students."

Taken in: United States / Indiana / Clinton Township (show map)

Taken on: June 8, 2023

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