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Octagonal Schoolhouse (Cowgill's Corner, Delaware)

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Built
  
1836 (1836)

Opened
  
1836

Added to NRHP
  
24 March 1971

NRHP Reference #
  
71000217

Area
  
4,000 m²

Octagonal Schoolhouse (Cowgill's Corner, Delaware)

Location
  
East of Cowgill, Cowgill's Corner, Delaware

Octagonal Schoolhouse, also known as the Eight-square School House, is a historic octagonal schoolhouse building located in Cowgill's Corner, Kent County, Delaware. It was opened in 1836, and is a one-room and one-story stuccoed stone building. It has a pyramidal shingled roof with a stepped stone cornice. It remained a public school well into the 20th century, after which it was used as a community meeting house.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

References

Octagonal Schoolhouse (Cowgill's Corner, Delaware) Wikipedia