EDUCATION · HISTORICAL MARKER

The First School House

Geneva, Indiana
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As pioneers settled in southern Adams County, they recognized the need for schooling, and the McHugh school was built near this site in 1837 or 1838; it is reputed to have been the first public school in Adams County, along with the Gorsline School in Root Township.
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Geneva, Indiana · United States

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