Denton Schoolhouse

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Denton Schoolhouse
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Location 104 S. 2nd St., Denton, Maryland
Coordinates 38°53′7″N75°50′2″W / 38.88528°N 75.83389°W / 38.88528; -75.83389 Coordinates: 38°53′7″N75°50′2″W / 38.88528°N 75.83389°W / 38.88528; -75.83389
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1883 (1883)
Architectural style Gothic Revival
NRHP reference # 78001447 [1]
Added to NRHP April 19, 1978

The Denton Schoolhouse is a historic school located at Denton, Caroline County, Maryland, United States. It is a small building with a Latin cross plan and several features of the Gothic Revival style, built about 1883. On the roof ridge is an octagonal cupola with a belfry of alternating louvered and plain drop-arched panels, with a cut wooden spire on top. [2]

School institution designed to teach students under the direction of teachers

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Denton, Maryland Town in Maryland

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The Denton Schoolhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. James M. Kilvington and Randolph M. Cornell (September 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Denton Schoolhouse" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.