Economy Peanut Heaven

Basketball hoops are a rather familiar sight in small and large Indiana communities.  While some are often outside in a home driveway, others are complete courts.  Almost every school will have, either inside or outside, a court. 

With school consolidation, buildings were simply abandoned or demolished. 

The most famous surviving school basketball gymnasium is:               

  The Home of the Hickory Huskers

   Knightstown, Indiana.

It is famous for being a filming location for the 1986 basketball movie Hoosiers, starring Gene Hackman and Dennis Hopper. The gym was the home court of the movie's Hickory Huskers.

The recent Sunday photo walkabout included a brief return to a the small Economy, Indiana community.

After parking, exited car with cameras and headed towards

Peanut Heaven

Economy, Indiana.

Built in 1924 and from then until 1963 served as the home gymnasium for Economy High School basketball team. 

It was abandoned when Economy consolidated into Hagerstown for the 1963-64 school year.

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