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Penns Park Octagonal School House, South corner State Road 232 & Swamp Road, Wrightstown, Bucks County, PA
Summary
Significance: Originally one of approximately ten octagonal schoolhouses built in Bucks County, this is the last one remaining. Built in 1802, it was one of the earliest of its kind, and predates the widespread use of this style as espoused by Orson Fowler in the 1850s. Predates even, the detailed plans for octagonal schoolhouse executed by Ithiel Town and A.J. Davis. The school was built by neighborhood subscription. It is one of the oldest schoolhouses of any type in the region.
Survey number: HABS PA-5603
Building/structure dates: 1802 Initial Construction
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Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Lavoie, C, transmitter
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Lavoie, Catherine C, historian
Location
Wrightstown, 40.24980, -74.98504
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
