Wrightstown Octagonal Schoolhouse | |
Location | 2091 Second Street Pike, Wrightstown, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°15′17.44″N 75°0′22.94″W / 40.2548444°N 75.0063722°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1802 |
Architectural style | Early Republic |
NRHP reference No. | 07000586 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 9, 2007 |
The Wrightstown Octagonal Schoolhouse, also known as the Wrightstown Eight Square School and the Penns Park Octagonal School, is an historic, American, one-room school building that is located in Wrightstown, Wrightstown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]
Built in 1802, this historic structure is a one-story, one-room, stone schoolhouse building that has a wood-shingled, pyramidal roof and small terra cotta chimney.
It operated as a subscription school from the time of its construction until 1850. It was then used as a farm outbuilding, and, during the 1980s, as an artist's studio. It was restored in 1996 by the Wrightstown Township Historical Commission. [2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]
Historical society volunteers hold an open house here on the third Sunday of each month from May through October. Open house hours are 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is free.