Old Hoopes School

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Old Hoopes School

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Old Hoopes School, April 2010
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Location Northeast of Lewistown, Derry Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°38′25″N77°30′23″W / 40.64018°N 77.50643°W / 40.64018; -77.50643 Coordinates: 40°38′25″N77°30′23″W / 40.64018°N 77.50643°W / 40.64018; -77.50643
Area 0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built c. 1873
NRHP reference # 78002431 [1]
Added to NRHP December 20, 1978

Old Hoopes School is a historic one-room school building located in Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1873 and is a 1​1⁄2-story brick building with a cobblestone foundation and a gable roof. It measures three bays by one bay. [2]

One-room school small rural school in which students of different ages are mixed in a single classroom

One-room schools were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries, including Prussia, Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Spain. In most rural and small town schools, all of the students met in a single room. There, a single teacher taught academic basics to several grade levels of elementary-age boys and girls. While in many areas one-room schools are no longer used, it is not uncommon for them to remain in developing nations and rural or remote areas. Examples include remote parts of the American West, the Falklands, and the Shetland Islands.

Derry Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Township in Pennsylvania, United States

Derry Township is a township in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,339 at the 2010 census.

Mifflin County, Pennsylvania County in the United States

Mifflin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 46,682. Its county seat is Lewistown. The county was created on September 19, 1789, from parts of Cumberland County and Northumberland County and named after Thomas Mifflin, the first Governor of Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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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. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Clifford G. Walters and Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Hoopes School" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-29.


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