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Photograph of Mooresville Friends Academy Building
Photograph by Nyttend, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Mooresville Friends Academy Building

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

From the record

“Mooresville Friends Academy Building is a historic Quaker school building located at Mooresville, Indiana. It was built in 1860-1861, and is a two-story, rectangular, Greek Revival style brick building with a low gable roof.”

Wikipedia article Mooresville Friends Academy Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 27 National Register listings published here for Morgan County · listed in 1975 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 244 N. Monroe St., Mooresville, 46158
  • When was it listed? May 1975
  • Category. building
  • Township. Brown township
  • National Register reference number. 75000008 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

2 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Mooresville Friends Academy Building between 2005 and 2007, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 April 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 October 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Mooresville Friends Academy Building: 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gen Shale Prdts Brick Plnt/BrooklynFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Adams PitClayProducer
BrooklynClayProducer
Indiana Tile Clay and Shale PitClayPast Producer
Groninger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hopkins GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Port RoyalSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
U. S. Aggregates, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this property

60 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mooresville, the town this property stands in, in 61 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 27 hail, 26 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 5 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1996Tornado (F1)Mooresville5 hurt, $2,000,000no account filed
April 2020Tornado (EF1)Mooresville$500,000The tornado began northwest of the intersection of concord and main in Mooresville before doing significant roof and tree damage to portions of downtown. The largest damage occurred to a brick building where the roof was uplifted and fell causing structural damage to the building. The tornado continued to track to the southeast before damaging a large picnic shelter and crossing State Road 67. The tornado then |lifted. In addition to the tornado, an area about 200 yards on either side of the tornado experienced straight line winds that gusted as high as 70 to 80 mph that caused additional damage.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindMooresville$150,000A microburst brought significant damage to portions of Mooresville. Several small trees had tree trunks snapped. Roof damage was common with widespread tree limbs snapped. Damage was fairly isolated but significant. Video of the event showed very intense winds.
July 2015Flash FloodMooresville$80,000Water rescues and home evacuations occurred in Mooresville because of flash flooding due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. This report was relay via broadcast media from Twitter.
July 2004LightningMooresville$30,000Lightning struck a home, catching its attic on fire.
June 2010FloodMooresville$10,000A dam break upstream, along with heavy rainfall, caused flooding along the East Fork White Lick Creek in the Mooresville, Indiana area. As of mid to late afternoon on June 22nd water was up to business properties and crossing Old State Road 67. Property damage estimate is greatly estimated.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindMooresville$7,000Trees were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindMooresville$5,000A street light was downed.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindMooresville$5,000no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMooresville$2,000Numerous tree limbs and power lines were downed in Mooresville due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMooresville$2,000Thunderstorm winds damaged one or more power transformers. Damage cost is a rough estimate.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMooresville$1,500A large tree was downed in Pioneer Park due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. The fallen tree required a bulldozer to remove.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMooresville$1,000Four inch diameter tree limb downed by thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindMooresville$1,000A storm chaser reported a 12 to 15 inch diameter tree down in Mooresville due to thunderstorm wind gusts. This spotter also estimated winds at around 65 miles per hour.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindMooresville$750A tree was downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMooresville-A 67 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured near Mooresville.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMooresville-A measured 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location.
May 2014HailMooresville-This report came in from a retired NWS employee.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMooresville-A 74 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured by a retired NWS employee. The time this event occurred was estimated from radar.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMooresville-A resident in the Roberson Woods subdivision in Mooresville, Indiana lost two giant shag-bark walnut trees and received roof damage to a little lake house. Another resident on the entrance road to the subdivision also had a giant tree down between two properties, laying on a roof. Other fallen limbs, mud and debris were all over Landersdale Road on the east side of the subdivision. Time of occurrence is greatly estimated.
June 2008HailMooresville-Hail fell in the Heartland Crossing area.
June 2008HailMooresville-The penny size hail fell in Camby.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindMooresville-Small trees and limbs were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2008Heavy RainMooresville-Measured rainfall of 6.37 inches was reported.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMooresville-Trees were down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindMooresville-Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMooresville-An isolated severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 65 mph in the town of Mooresville.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMooresville-Trees and power lines were downed. Trees fell onto at least one home. No damage estimates were available.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMooresville-Trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2002Flash FloodMooresville-Water was one foot deep across road.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindMooresville-Trees blown down.
July 2017HailMooresville-no account filed
May 2014HailMooresville-no account filed
August 2014HailMooresville-no account filed
March 2012HailMooresville-no account filed
June 2011HailMooresville-no account filed
May 2011HailMooresville-no account filed
June 2008HailMooresville-no account filed
June 2008HailMooresville-no account filed
March 2006HailMooresville-no account filed
April 2006HailMooresville-no account filed
April 2006HailMooresville-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindMooresville-no account filed
April 2006HailMooresville-no account filed
May 2006HailMooresville-no account filed
September 2006HailMooresville-no account filed
April 2005HailMooresville-no account filed
April 2005HailMooresville-no account filed
April 2005HailMooresville-no account filed
April 2005HailMooresville-no account filed
May 2005HailMooresville-no account filed
May 2005HailMooresville-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindMooresville-no account filed
May 2003HailMooresville-no account filed
April 2003HailMooresville-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindMooresville-no account filed
July 2003Flash FloodMooresville-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMooresville-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindMooresville-no account filed
May 1996HailMooresville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morgan County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

3 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Mooresville Gymnasiumunder 500 feet1997
Mooresville Commercial Historic District0.3 miles2003
Landers, Franklin-Black and Adams Farm5.4 miles2000

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 75000008 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Morgan CountyAll 27 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.