1930

Hensonburg Elementary School was built in 1930 to replace a previous wooden two-room school that burned down. The new two-story, four-room brick building only utilized one room when it opened.

1936

Consolidations in 1936 lead to all four rooms handling two grades each. The school served the Hensonburg area, a small community just 1.5 miles west of downtown Bloomington. Hensonburg formed as a community of employees for the limestone mills and quarries in the area.

1969

The Hensonburg School closes

2017

VET Environmental Engineering, LLC purchases the Hensonburg School building. The building has undergone continuous restoration work by the team at VET and is now proudly the VET corporate headquarters.

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