Wrightstown Octagonal Schoolhouse

Wrightstown Octagonal Schoolhouse

Wrightstown Octagonal Schoolhouse HABS Photo (undated)
Location 2091 Second Street Pike, Wrightstown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°15′17.44″N 75°0′22.94″W / 40.2548444°N 75.0063722°W / 40.2548444; -75.0063722Coordinates: 40°15′17.44″N 75°0′22.94″W / 40.2548444°N 75.0063722°W / 40.2548444; -75.0063722
Area less than one acre
Built 1802
Architectural style Early Republic
NRHP Reference # 07000586[1]
Added to NRHP November 9, 2007

Wrightstown Octagonal Schoolhouse, also known as Wrightstown Eight Square School and Penns Park Octagonal School, is a historic one-room school located at Wrightstown, Wrightstown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1802, and is a one-story, one room, stone schoolhouse building. It has a wood shingled pyramidal roof and small terra cotta chimney. It operated as a subscription school from its construction until 1850. It was then used as a farm outbuilding, and in the 1980s as an artist's studio. It was restored in 1996.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Betty Davis (January 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wrightstown Octagonal Schoolhouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-07.
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