Shelly School
Shelly School | |
Shelly School, September 2012 | |
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Location | 130 Richlandtown Pike (Pennsylvania Route 212), Richland Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°27′10″N 75°19′36″W / 40.45278°N 75.32667°WCoordinates: 40°27′10″N 75°19′36″W / 40.45278°N 75.32667°W |
Area | less than one acre |
NRHP reference No. | 11000037[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 22, 2011 |
Shelly School, also known as "The Little Red Schoolhouse," is an historic one-room school located at Richland Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1885, and is a one-story, one-room, brick schoolhouse building. It measures 28 feet wide and 34 feet deep and has a slate-covered gable roof. The front entrance is covered by a slate-covered shed roof. The school closed in 1956, and the building re-opened as a local history museum starting in 1959.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/22/11 through 2/25/11. National Park Service. 2011-03-04.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Robert L. Leight (September 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Shelly School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-07.
Categories:
- One-room schoolhouses in Pennsylvania
- History museums in Pennsylvania
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- School buildings completed in 1885
- Schools in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Bucks County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs
- Pennsylvania school stubs
- Pennsylvania museum stubs