(Batesville, IN) – The Batesville Historical Center is looking for class photos and artifacts from those who attended classes in the Ward Schoolhouse, which was built around 1916.
“You can either bring them in to the Historical Center. They’ll make copies for you,” said Batesville City Councilman and local realtor Darrick Cox. “You can drop them off at Tudor Square (Realty). We make copies, do the same thing but try to make it convenient for you.”
Cox says a big concern is, these items will be lost forever if they aren’t preserved.
“Everybody’s going to have the unfortunate time of going through a big box (to sort), and when they do, a lot of times those things get tossed away,” he said. “This is one of those things that we have an active group of people who want to put the history together to preserve it and put it in the Ward building, a historic building in the center of downtown.”
The Ward School is located on Sycamore Street behind the Memorial Building.
It’s undergoing restoration for conversion into an office and retail hub that’s slated to open sometime next year.
