Historical Marker
Interpretive Center
Historical marker location:
12252 West North Washington Street, Delphi, Indiana
( Marker can be reached from West North Washington Street just east of Charles Street, on the right when traveling east.)
<i>A Unique Configuration of 1850's Facades</i>. Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village.
The first public school system in the United States was established in Indiana in 1852. The state was also home to the first kindergarten in the United States, which was founded in 1873 by a German immigrant named Margarethe Schurz.