Damage to the former school, now a residential apartment building called Laurel Flats, was limited to the door itself and did not spread, Fire Chief Scott Busenbark said.
“It just damaged the door that was leaning on it,” Busenbark said. “We had Station 1 and Station 2 on the scene … an alarm like that always gets a full response.”
The fire threatened the gymnasium section of the 110-year-old building, which was added as an expansion to the original building in 1941.
No injuries were reported and the entryway suffered only minor damage due to the sprinkler system.
“It put it out on its own,” Busenbark said.
The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
Officers from the Crawfordsville Police Department assisted at the scene.
