Square Schoolhouse
Square Schoolhouse | |
43°6′11″N 71°6′34″W / 43.10306°N 71.10944°W / 43.10306; -71.10944 | |
Area | 1.4 acres (0.57 ha) |
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Built | 1850 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 80000305 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 17, 1980 |
The Square Schoolhouse is a historic schoolhouse at the junction of New Hampshire Route 156 and Ledge Hill Road in Nottingham, New Hampshire. Built about 1850, it is one of the best-preserved mid-19th century schoolhouses in southern New Hampshire. It served as a school until 1920, and is now a local museum. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] It is named not for its shape, but for its location in Nottingham Square.
Description and history
The Square Schoolhouse stands southwest of the center of Nottingham in a rural setting, on the north side of Ledge Farm Road just southeast of its junction with New Hampshire Route 156. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and modest Greek Revival styling. Its front (gabled) facade is three bays wide, with windows topped by peaked lintels, and a center entrance framed by pilasters and a gabled pediment. The entrance opens into a vestibule area with a central staircase and cloakrooms on the sides, where many original period coathooks remain. The balance of each floor is occupied by a single classroom; that on the upper floor has a selection of student seating types dating from various periods of the school's use.[2]
The school was built in 1850 as the first schoolhouse in the town, not long after the state circulated guidelines for the construction of such buildings.[2] The school served the town until 1920.[3] The schoolhouse is now owned by the Else Cilley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.[4]
The second floor of the schoolhouse is operated as the Square Schoolhouse Museum by the Nottingham Historical Society. The museum is open by appointment.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Square Schoolhouse". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
- ^ Nottingham Historical Society. "A Brief History of the Town (of Nottingham): The Old Schools". Archived from the original on 2014-05-22.
- ^ Margaret Franz (October 21, 2009). "Else Cilley Chapter D.A.R." Northwood Sun. Retrieved December 30, 2009.
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(help) - ^ "Town of Nottingham, NH - Museums". Archived from the original on 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2015-01-13. Town of Nottingham: Museums
External links
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