Wrightstown Octagonal Schoolhouse

	Wrightstown Octagonal Schoolhouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Wrightstown Octagonal Schoolhouse HABS Photo (undated)
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Location	2091 Second Street Pike, Wrightstown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°15′17.44″N 75°0′22.94″W / 40.2548444°N 75.0063722°WCoordinates: 40°15′17.44″N 75°0′22.94″W / 40.2548444°N 75.0063722°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1802
Architectural style	Early Republic
NRHP reference No.	07000586
Added to NRHP	November 9, 2007

Wrightstown Octagonal Schoolhouse, also known as Wrightstown Eight Square School and Penns Park Octagonal School, is a historic one-room school located at Wrightstown, Wrightstown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1802, and is a one-story, one room, stone schoolhouse building. It has a wood shingled pyramidal roof and small terra cotta chimney. It operated as a subscription school from its construction until 1850. It was then used as a farm outbuilding, and in the 1980s as an artist's studio. It was restored in 1996 by the Wrightstown Township Historical Commission.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.^[1] They hold an open house the third Sunday of each month from May through October. Open house hours are 1:00 pm- 5:00 pm. Admission is free.

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Betty Davis (January 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wrightstown Octagonal Schoolhouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-07.

External links[]

Penns Park Octagonal School House, South corner State Road 232 & Swamp Road, Wrightstown, Bucks County, PA: 4 photos, 2 data page, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Betty Davis (January 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wrightstown Octagonal Schoolhouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-07.

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