Old Frankfort Stone High School, also known as ''Old Stoney'', is a historic

high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

building in Frankfort,

Clinton County, Indiana Clinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 33,224. The county seat is Frankfort. History Clinton County officially came into existence on March 1, 1830, and was named in honor of DeWitt Cli ...

. It was built in 1892, and is a -story,

Richardsonian Romanesque Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revival style incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanesque ...

style

sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...

building on a raised basement. It has Indiana

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

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. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1979. It is located in the

Christian Ridge Historic District Christian Ridge Historic District is a national historic district located at Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana. The district encompasses 430 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Frankfo ...

. Since 1980, the Clinton County Historical Society and Museum has been located in on the second floor of Old Stoney.

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Clinton County Historical Society and Museum
High schools in Indiana School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Indiana School buildings completed in 1892 Buildings and structures in Clinton County, Indiana Museums in Clinton County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Clinton County, Indiana Historic district contributing properties in Indiana 1892 establishments in Indiana {{ClintonCountyIN-NRHP-stub