Built 1923 (1923) Opened 1923 Phone +1 302-368-5703 | NRHP Reference # 95001032 Area 8,000 m² Added to NRHP 18 August 1995 | |
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Location 1335 Old Baltimore Pike in Pencader Hundred, near Newark, Delaware Address 1355 S Old Balti Pike, Newark, DE 19702, USA Architectural style Colonial Revival architecture Similar Newark Reservoir, White Clay Creek State Park, Bob Carpenter Center, Courtyard Wilmington Newark/C, Iron Hill Science Center | ||
Iron Hill School No. 112C, also known as the Iron Hill Museum, 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.
The Iron Hill Museum's exhibits include area iron ore mining, Lenni Lenape history and culture, rocks and minerals from around Delaware and around the world, mounted area wildlife, and a display of fossils found in the state.