Episode #6 of Grandpa Billy Bob's Mooresville History Super Fun Quiz explores where Mooresville High School basketball games were played before the old gymnasium was built (next to the old high school building) in 1920.
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The gymnasium was dedicated on December 30, 1920. It was the first high school gym in Morgan County and was considered state-of-the-art a century ago. It stood just north of the old Mooresville High School building (completed in 1909), and was across from the original Academy School built by the Mooresville Society of Friends in 1860, which was the first high school in central Indiana. Both the Academy building and the gymnasium still stand today on the campus of Newby Memorial Elementary School on North Monroe Street (old State Road 267) in Mooresville. Learn more about the century-old gymnasium from this superb handout by Susan Haynes, communications director for the Mooresville Consolidated School Corporation.
Mooresville High School (1909 Building) with
1920 Gymnasium (circa 1921 photo)
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1920 photo shows the Academy Building (left)
and Mooresville High School (right)
before the gymnasium was constructed
Many
Mooresville High School basketball teams played home games downtown
(you'll have to watch the video above to learn where), including those
pictured below (photos courtesy of various Mooresville High School
yearbooks and Mooresville Public Library's Indiana Room photo collection).
MHS 1909 Boys' Basketball Team
MHS 1917 Boys' Basketball Team
MHS 1917 Girls' Basketball Team
MHS 1918 Boys' Basketball Team
You'll notice the basketball is flat when you watch the video. No wonder--all the hot air is in the host, Grandpa Billy Bob. (Just kidding.)
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