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Pim Hexagonal School, Caln Township Municipal Park (moved from North Bailey Road), Thorndale, Chester County, PA

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Pim Hexagonal School, Caln Township Municipal Park (moved from North Bailey Road), Thorndale, Chester County, PA

description

Summary

Significance: The only extant hexagonal schoolhouse in the county. it was built in 1841 by Richard Pim as a family and neighborhood school.
Survey number: HABS PA-5136
Building/structure dates: 1841 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1968 Subsequent Work

date_range

Date

1933 - 1970

person

Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

Pim, Richard

Goode, Ned, photographer

Anderson, Bart, historian

place

Location

Thorndale, 40.00051, -75.76201

Google Map of 40.000512, -75.76201

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Source

Library of Congress

link

Link

http://www.loc.gov/

copyright

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