Walnut Green School

Walnut Green School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Walnut Green School, November 2011
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Location	Junction of Delaware Route 82 and Owl's Nest Rd., Greenville, Delaware
Coordinates	39°47′37″N75°37′31″W / 39.79359°N 75.62533°W / 39.79359; -75.62533
Area	less than one acre
Built	1919 (1919)-1924
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	94001014 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 19, 1994

Walnut Green School, also known as District School Number 25, is a historic one-room school building located at Greenville, New Castle County, Delaware. It was founded in 1808 and in 1924 was said to be the oldest schoolhouse in the state. ^[2] It is a one-story, five-bay, rectangular, gambrel-roofed, white-stuccoed stone building in the Colonial Revival style. The school building dates to the late-18th century, but was expanded and remodeled in 1918–1924. ^[3] The school closed in 1947, ^[4] because parents wanted their children to go to the AI duPont school district. ^{[5] [6]}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Entertain for Old Walnut Green". The Evening Journal (Wilmington DE). July 31, 1924.
3. MacDonald, Betty (October 16, 1954). "The Walnut Green School". The News Journal (Wilmington, DE).
4. Susan Brizzolara (July 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Walnut Green School". National Park Service. and accompanying 12 photos
5. "Old Walnut Green To End 140 Years' Service". The News Journal (Wilmington, DE). October 8, 1947.
6. "School Merger Proposal Is Stirring Fight". The Evening Journal (Wilmington, DE). August 22, 1942.