Spruce Grove School

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Spruce Grove School
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LocationBrandywine Creek Rd., Newlin Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°56′7″N75°46′8″W / 39.93528°N 75.76889°W / 39.93528; -75.76889
Area0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built1839
MPS West Branch Brandywine Creek MRA
NRHP reference No. 85002378 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 16, 1985

The Spruce Grove School is an historic, American, one-room school that is located in Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

History and architectural features

This historic school was built in 1839, and is a one-story, twenty-four-foot-square stone structure with a gable roof and a corbeled stone cornice. In 1924, Spruce Grove School was converted to a private residence. Also located on the property is a stone abutment for a suspension bridge that once crossed the adjacent West Branch of the Brandywine River. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes M.L. Wolf (November 1984). "Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Spruce Grove School" (PDF). Retrieved December 16, 2012.