111-Year-Old Time Capsule Found in Southern Indiana School

The decision to demolish the former PCHS/PCMS building has not set well with a lot of Princeton residents. It is a very old facility, and time has not been kind as you'll see in the video and photo gallery below.

Time Capsule

A time capsule was found in the cornerstone of the former Princeton Community Middle School. The contents will be a surprise for everyone. I'm guessing that there will be a newspaper so that the exact date is on record. We will have to wait until the new school year begins before the capsule will be opened.

Image: North Gibson School Corp

Big Announcement From North Gibson School Corporation

Help Needed From Princeton Residents

Officials with the North Gibson School Corporation needs help to locate folks that are related to the school trustees from 1912.

North Gibson School Corp

As part of our planning for an opening ceremony for our time capsule, we would love to be able to connect and hopefully include family members of the school trustees who were instrumental in making sure the history of the time period was captured.

If you know any descendants of the school trustees of 1912, please help us connect with them.

Earnest E. Noble

Harry G. May

Stuart T. Fisher

Also, from newspaper reporting of the event, a gentleman by the name of James W. Davis was the stone mason who created the cornerstone and played a large role in the placement of the time capsule.

LOOK: See Inside Abandoned Southern Indiana School

Take a look inside the 111-year-old Princeton, Indiana building that was once home to a high school. It was later used for middle school

Great walk down memory lane in the old Princeton High School that was the Princeton Community Middle School when I attended there. I remembered which teachers were in the various rooms you walked through. It's so sad they let it fall into such disrepair. What you guys saw was after the renovations took place in the mid-1980s. When I first attended, the main floor was still the original building. The top floor housed all the 6th-grade classes, as well as the library, computer lab, and study hall. The main and bottom floors housed the 7th & 8th-grade classes: the main floor - English, Math, and Social Sciences; the basement - Home Ec and Science. The ancillary building where you entered housed the cafeteria, music, art, and band rooms.

~ Scott Hartley

Then and Now: See How Princeton, Indiana has Changed Over the Years

I grew up in Princeton, IN and everytime I go back to visit, it seems like more and more has changed. It's not my imagination. Google Maps has a back in time feature, and it took me from 2007 to 2012, and some of the photos are from 2018.

10 Things Only People From Princeton, Indiana Will Understand

Things seem to be changing so fast in Princeton, Indiana. There is a lot of history that only the locals can really appreciate.

30 Bizarre (and Real) Indiana High School Mascots

According to High School.com, there are 682 high schools in Indiana. 555 of those are public schools, while the remaining 127 are private. A majority of those schools have chosen typical mascots to represent them, like eagles, tigers, lions, jets, patriots, and so on and so forth. But, these 30 schools decided to go, well, a different direction.

List Source: "List of High Schools in Indiana" Wikipedia

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