Knightstown Academy

Infobox_nrhp | name =Knightstown Academy
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location= Knightstown, Indiana
lat_degrees = 39 | lat_minutes = 47 | lat_seconds = 58 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 85 | long_minutes = 31 | long_seconds = 42 | long_direction = W
locmapin = Indiana
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built =1877
architect= John Adam Hasecoster
architecture= Second Empire
added = 1976
governing_body = Private
refnum=76000022 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=1986-05-22|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Knightstown Academy was built as a Quaker Academy in 1877 in the small Indiana town of Knightstown. The academy was affiliated with the Society of Friends. The building is located north of the National Road (US 40) on Cary at Washington Street. The building was designed in full blown Second Empire style. It has a mansard roof and twin four story towers that are topped by a telescope and a globe. After the building ceased to be used as an academy, it functioned for many years as the local public high school. It is now an apartment building. The attached gymnasium was used as the home court of the Hickory Huskers in the 1985 movie Hoosiers.

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External links

* Link to Hoosier Gym - http://www.thehoosiergym.com/