Centre Meeting and Schoolhouse
Centre Monthly Meeting and Schoolhouse | |
 Centre Meeting interior, January 2008 | |
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| Location | 311 Center Meeting Rd., Centerville, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°49′13″N 75°35′58″W / 39.82028°N 75.59944°W |
| Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
| Built | 1796 |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000224[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 16, 1971 |
Centre Meeting and Schoolhouse, also known as Centre Meeting of Religious Society of Friends, is a historic Quaker meeting house and school located on Center Meeting Road in Centerville, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1796 and is rectangular brick building with pitched roof and brick chimney at either end. Sheds are attached to the east and west sides. The school house was built by the Friends for their children and those of the community. It is square with a pitched roof and a lunette in the gable toward the west.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Eleanor M. Webster (August 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Center Meeting and Schoolhouse". National Park Service. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
External links
[edit]- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-53, "Center Meeting House, Center Meeting Road, Centerville vicinity, New Castle, DE", 1 photo, 2 data pages, supplemental material
- Website
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- Quaker meeting houses in Delaware
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
- Churches completed in 1796
- 18th-century Quaker meeting houses
- Churches in New Castle County, Delaware
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Delaware
- National Register of Historic Places in New Castle County, Delaware
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
- 1796 establishments in the United States