Langhorne Manor School

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Langhorne Manor School
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Langhorne Manor Borough Hall, October 2012
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Location618 Hulmeville Ave., Langhorne Manor, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°9′52″N74°55′16″W / 40.16444°N 74.92111°W / 40.16444; -74.92111 Coordinates: 40°9′52″N74°55′16″W / 40.16444°N 74.92111°W / 40.16444; -74.92111
Arealess than one acre
Built1891
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Queen Anne
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NRHP reference No. 08000518 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 10, 2008

The Langhorne Manor School, now known as Langhorne Manor Borough Hall, is an historic, American one-room school building that is located in Langhorne Manor, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [1]

History and architectural features

Built in 1891, this historic structure is a small 1+12-story building with stone-faced, wood-frame walls and a slate covered hipped roof. Designed in the Queen Anne style, it measures thirty-three feet wide by forty-three feet deep. The roof features two eyelid dormers and a gable dormer with fishscale shingles. The school was converted to a borough hall in 1959. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [1]

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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 David Kimmerly (September 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Langhorne Manor School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-07.