Greensboro Public School

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Greensboro Public School
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LocationSecond and Clear Sts., Greensboro, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°47′37″N79°54′44″W / 39.7936°N 79.9121°W / 39.7936; -79.9121 Coordinates: 39°47′37″N79°54′44″W / 39.7936°N 79.9121°W / 39.7936; -79.9121
Built1904
ArchitectJames Parreco
Architectural style Romanesque
MPS GreensboroNew Geneva MPS
NRHP reference No. 95000113 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 9, 1995

The Greensboro Public School is a school building in Greensboro in Greene County, Pennsylvania. The 2+12-story seven-bay school was built in 1904 by James Parreco in the Richardsonian Romanesque style.

Students in grades 1–8 attended the school until about 1960, when the building was donated by the school district to the town. By 1976 the building was turned over to the MONON Center to be used as a local history museum and community center focused on regional craft and art.

It was added to National Register of Historic Places on March 9, 1995. A log cabin the Baltzer Kramer House was moved to the property about 1976, but is not included in the historical site. [2]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Clouse, Jerry A. (1994). "Greensboro Public School" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved November 24, 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)