Octagonal Schoolhouse (Cowgill's Corner, Delaware)
Octagonal Schoolhouse | |
![]() Octagonal School House, HABS Photo, April 1936 | |
Location | East of Cowgill, Cowgill's Corner, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 39°11′44″N 75°28′21″W / 39.19556°N 75.47250°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1836 |
NRHP reference No. | 71000217[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 24, 1971 |
Octagonal Schoolhouse, also known as the Eight-square School House, is a historic octagonal schoolhouse building located in Cowgill's Corner, Kent County, Delaware.
History
In 1829, Delaware became the second state to establish free public education for its residents. This schoolhouse, which opened in 1836, is one of the first buildings from that movement, and the only one not significantly altered at the time of its addition to the National Register of Historical Places. Manlove Hayes, who lived south of Leipsic is said to have designed the structure since education benefited his numerous children and step children. It is a one-room and one-story stuccoed stone building. It has a pyramidal shingled roof with a stepped stone cornice. The first teacher was Joshua G. Baker. Both boys and girls attended the school and were seated in two circles in the interior, with boys facing the outside and girls the inside. It remained a public school well into the 20th century, after which it was used as a community meeting house.[2][3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Leon deValinger, Jr. (January 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Octagonal Schoolhouse". National Park Service. and Accompanying photo
- ^ "Octagonal schoolhouse - Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
External links
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-18, "Octagonal School House, Route 9, Little Creek, Kent County, DE", 1 photo, 2 data pages, supplemental material
- Octagonal school buildings in the United States
- One-room schoolhouses in Delaware
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Delaware
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
- School buildings completed in 1836
- Schools in Kent County, Delaware
- 1836 establishments in Delaware
- National Register of Historic Places in Kent County, Delaware
- Delaware Registered Historic Place stubs
- Southern United States school stubs
- Delaware building and structure stubs