Muncie High School’s first students met in different locations before finding a semi-permanent home in 1867 in the basement of the original Universalist Church, located at the northeast corner of Madison and Jackson streets (MadJax).
The first Muncie High School building, located where Ivy Tech’s Fisher Building is today, wasn’t completed until 1880. Muncie’s first high school class, a cohort of seven women, graduated in 1868 and included Louise Nelson, Rose Ross, Frone Case, Mary Craig Paine, Florence Anthony, and Lizzie Montgomery.
This first class also included Ida Husted who, in time, became a well-known national leader in the suffragist movement. In fact, I’d argue that Ida Husted is one of the most nationally renowned Munsonians to ever have graced the Magic City.