History & Photo Archive
Explore Batesville History.
Real photos and real memories from Batesville and the towns around it — nothing staged, nothing invented. Dates, places, and sources are shown as they are known. Where something is unidentified, the page says so plainly, and you can help fill it in below.
Community memories
Remember When.
The Herald
Same corner: North Main Street, then and now
Different Batesville North Main Street — then and now
From the stories
History in the feed.
Pigeon-Powered Smokestack
Before it was known as the Ward School, this was Batesville's East Side Grade School
Remember When: Before it was Weiler's Hobo Hut, it was the Hum-Dinger
Same corner
You’ve driven past it a hundred times… but most people have NO idea what’s inside
Truth be told… this was my first time ever stepping inside the Batesville Historical
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Have an old Batesville photo, a memory to add, or know who or where something in the archive is? Send it in. Submissions are reviewed by a person before anything appears publicly, and nothing is posted as-is. Photos are used only with your permission and with credit as you give it.