Willingboro School House

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Willingboro School House
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LocationSalem Road, Willingboro Township, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°01′50.6″N74°53′44.1″W / 40.030722°N 74.895583°W / 40.030722; -74.895583 (Willingboro School House)
Built1866 (1866)
NRHP reference No. 75001123 [1]
NJRHP No.881 [2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 21, 1975
Designated NJRHPNovember 26, 1973

The Willingboro School House is a historic one-room schoolhouse located on Salem Road in Willingboro Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. Built in 1866, the brick building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 21, 1975, for its significance in education and politics/government. [1] [3] After the school closed in the 1920s, it was used as the town hall and community meeting place. [4]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System  (#75001123)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Burlington County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. December 20, 2024. p. 18.
  3. McHugh, John T. (September 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Schoolhouse". National Park Service. With accompanying photo.
  4. "Willingboro School House". New Jersey Historic Trust.