Iron Hill School No. 112C - Newark, Delaware
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 39° 37.888 W 075° 45.489
18S E 434937 N 4387129
Historic former African-American one-room schoolhouse near Newark, Delaware.
Waymark Code: WMJQC2
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 12/17/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Queens Blessing
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Iron Hill School No. 112C, also known as the Iron Hill Museum of Natural History, is a historic one-room school building located near Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was designed by noted architect James Oscar Betelle and built in 1923, and is 1 1/2-story, rectangular frame, wood-shingled building on a concrete foundation with a medium-pitched gable roof. The building measures 24 feet by 48 feet, and features a pedimented portico centered on the gable end in the Colonial Revival style. The school was funded by Pierre S. du Pont as part of a reform and rebuilding of African-American schools in Delaware, between 1919 and 1928. The school was used until school segregation was abolished, which occurred at Iron Hill in 1965.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

- Wikipedia

The former school is now a local natural and cultural history museum operated by the Delaware Academy of Science.

Original or Re-creation?: Original

Year the school first opened.: 01/01/1923

Year the school closed.: 01/01/1965

Is the schoolhouse still open as a school?: no

Address:
1335 Old Baltimore Pike
Newark, Delaware


Web Address (if available): [Web Link]

Does the school offer 19th century classroom reenactments or day camps?: no

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