Ruins of a 1913 School, Abandoned for 8 Decades 

Amongst these corn fields in rural Indiana, there was once a community called Oak Grove, and this is where their children went to school.
The Oak Grove Schoolhouse was built in 1913, as proved by the proud concrete ornamentation on the bell tower.
It was a very windy day when I visited. I tried to avoid snakes and any other critters as I made my way around the ruins. At first I thought I'd just get some external footage and photos, but you know I wound up climbing up in there after all. And then I thought, no way I'd risk venturing down into that dilapidated basement. But it seemed like just as I was saying that to myself, I was easing down those crumbling overgrown steps anyway!
Needless to say, be careful folks! Explore at your own risk!
According to historian Ted Shideler, the first teacher to hold lessons in the Romanesque Revival style schoolhouse was a man named Jasper Williams.
Here isthe link to Mr. Shideler's article on the historic place: tedshideler.co...
The school was closed down in 1940, and students were sent six miles north to the town of Pennville for school. Oak Grove's last teacher was a man named Frank Cline.
The building was used to store ears of corn picked from the surrounding farm fields for years, but now it's not even fit for that purpose. I guess eight decades of abandonment will do that!
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