Hood Octagonal School

Hood Octagonal School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Hood Octagonal School, October 2009
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Location	3500 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, Newtown Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°59′03″N75°23′23″W / 39.98423°N 75.38968°W / 39.98423; -75.38968
Area	less than one acre
Built	1841
Architect	Yarnall, Richard Ashbridge
Architectural style	Octagon Mode
NRHP reference No.	06000045 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 14, 2006

The Hood Octagonal School is an historic octagonal schoolhouse which is located in Newtown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. ^[1]

History and architectural features

Built in 1841, this historic school is a small, fieldstone, one-story, eight-sided building with a wood shingled pyramidal roof. The school was abandoned sometime around 1865, and was then restored in 1964. ^[2]

Representatives of the Newtown Square Historical Society have stated that this school was built by James Dunwoody, the father of William Hood Dunwoody, to replace an earlier log school that had been built by James' father. ^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Jane E. Dorchester (August 2005). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Hood Octagonal School. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 18, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
3. "Hood Octagonal Schoolhouse". Newtown Square Historical Society. Retrieved August 21, 2015.