Wrightstown Octagonal Schoolhouse

Wrightstown Octagonal Schoolhouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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°WCoordinates: 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 #	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]

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References

1. 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.

External links

• Penns Park Octagonal School House, South corner State Road 232 & Swamp Road, Wrightstown, Bucks County, PA: 4 photos, 2 data page, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey