Hood Octagonal School
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| Location | 3500 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, Newtown Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°59′03″N 75°23′23″W / 39.98423°N 75.38968°WCoordinates: 39°59′03″N 75°23′23″W / 39.98423°N 75.38968°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1841 |
| Architect | Yarnall, Richard Ashbridge |
| Architectural style | Octagon Mode |
| NRHP Reference # | 06000045[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 14, 2006 |
The Hood Octagonal School is a historic octagonal schoolhouse located in Newtown Square, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1841, and is a small, fieldstone, one-story, eight sided building with a wood shingled pyramidal roof. The school was abandoned about 1865, then restored in 1964.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1] The Newtown Square Historical Society says it was built by James Dunwoody, father of William Hood Dunwoody, to replace an earlier log school built by James' father.[3]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jane E. Dorchester (August 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hood Octagonal School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ↑ "Hood Octagonal Schoolhouse". Newtown Square Historical Society. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
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