The Little Red Schoolhouse

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09/30/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
09/30/2020 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Busy Bees Art Club - At School, Home, or Online! Busy Bees Pottery & Arts Studio – Southlake Mall, Merrilville Indiana
10/01/2020 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Busy Bees Art Club - At School, Home, or Online! Busy Bees Pottery & Arts Studio – Southlake Mall, Merrilville Indiana
10/01/2020 10:00 pm - 4:30 am	Hobart Summer Market, Movies & Concerts! Festival park, Hobart IN
10/02/2020 - 10/03/2020 11:00 pm	Hunt & Gather Market Lake County Fair Grounds, Crown Point IN
10/03/2020 - 10/04/2020 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	FIGHT Fall craft Bazaar American Legion Post 100, Lake Station IN
10/03/2020 9:00 pm - 4:00 am	Oktoberfest - Crown Point (Octoberfest) Crown Point Farmers’ Market, Crown Point IN
10/07/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
10/08/2020 10:00 pm - 4:30 am	Hobart Summer Market, Movies & Concerts! Festival park, Hobart IN
10/10/2020 10:00 am - 11:30 am	Family Nature Hikes at Gibson Woods Gibson Woods Nature Preserve, Hammond IN
10/14/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
10/17/2020 9:00 am - 3:00 pm	Craft and Vendor Show Chicago Heights Moose Lodge, Chicago Heights Illinois
10/21/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
10/24/2020 12:30 am - 3:00 am	Comedy Night Returns - Munster Indiana The Center for Performing Arts, Munster in
10/24/2020 - 10/24/2020 1:00 am - 3:00 pm	Hebron Haunted House Hebron Middle School, Hebron IN
10/24/2020 11:00 am - 1:00 pm	Walk Up & Trunk or Treat - Gary Edgewater Health, Gary IN
10/24/2020 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm	Safe Trick or Treat Tri Town Safety Village, Schererville IN
10/24/2020 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm	Trunk or Treat - Crown Point Momentum Church, Crown Point IN
10/25/2020 12:00 am - 3:00 am	Halloween Spooktacular - Hammond Cancelled St. John Bosco Church, Hammond IN
10/25/2020 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Wheelchair Inclusive Hayride Oak Ridge Prairie Park, Griffith, IN
10/28/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
11/04/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
11/07/2020 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm	Veterans Day Parade Hessville Park, Hammond IN
11/11/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
11/14/2020 10:00 am - 11:30 am	Family Nature Hikes at Gibson Woods Gibson Woods Nature Preserve, Hammond IN
11/18/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
11/21/2020 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Indoor Garage Sale Lincoln Center, Highland IN
11/25/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
11/28/2020 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Highland Fall Craft Show Lincoln Center, Highland IN
12/02/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
12/04/2020 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	East Chicago Celebration of Lights Veterans Park, East Chicago IN
12/05/2020 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Winter Jam Craft & Vendor Fair Lake County Fair Grounds, Crown Point IN
12/07/2020 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	St. Matthias Craft & Vendor Fair St. Matthias Chruch, Crown Point IN
12/09/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
12/12/2020 9:00 am - 3:00 pm	Lake Central Craft Fair Hal E. Clark Middle School, St. John IN
12/16/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
12/23/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN

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Work 7205 Kennedy Ave Hammond IN 46323 United StatesWork Phone: (219) 844-5666

Biographical Info

Constructed in 1869, the Little Red Schoolhouse is one of the oldest buildings in Hammond. Notice the difference in the lower and upper halves of the wall. Builders started with limestone but transporting the stone proved too expensive and midway through construction a clay pit was found at the nearby Little Calumet River.

Although no longer used as a school after 1896, the building remained a focal point for the community, serving as headquarters for William Jennings Bryan’s 1896 Presidential campaign, a dancehall, a place of worship, a funeral parlor, a community meeting hall and a private residence. The Hessville Historical Society purchased the sturdy building in 1971 for a mere dollar and The Little Red Schoolhouse reopened as a museum and community center.
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