Historical Images of Porter County
Bayles School
Pine Township, Porter County, Indiana
Date: Circa 1949
Source Type: Photograph
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: The
Vidette-Messenger
Postmark: Not applicable
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark:
The Bayles School was located
northwest of the present day intersection of County Roads 1550 North and 425
East. Bayles School was a district school in the Pine Township. The school
appears on Hardesty’s 1876 plat map of Pine Township, but not on Lee and Lee’s
1895 plat map. A newspaper article published in 1949 indicates that the school
was constructed during the summer of 1897, which suggests a second schoolhouse
was built on the site. The school was named in honor of local landowner John H.
Bayles, a veteran of the Civil War. The school was still in operation as late as
1938.
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Image and related text prepared by Steven R. Shook