The first public school on this site - known as School Number 8 - was constructed on this site in 1868. That structure, seen below in a photo from the collection of the Indiana Room at the Floyd County Library, was torn down in 1938 to make way for the current building, which was built as a Public Works Administration (PWA) project during the Great Depression.

The name was changed to M. Lucille Reisz Elementary School in 1977 to honor its long-time principal, but the original name remains carved in the limestone entry. The school was closed in May 1991 due to declining enrollment. The building has been subsequently been used for school and county offices.