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Octagonal Schoolhouse (Cowgill's Corner, Delaware)

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50: 444: 67: 92: 534: 544: 99: 74: 451: 618: 249:. The first teacher was Joshua G. Baker. Both boys and girls attended the school and were seated in two circles in the interior, with boys facing the outside and girls the inside. It remained a public school well into the 20th century, after which it was used as a community meeting house. 236:
for its residents. This schoolhouse, which opened in 1836, is one of the first buildings from that movement, and the only one not significantly altered at the time of its addition to the National Register of Historical Places. Manlove Hayes, who lived south of
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is said to have designed the structure since education benefited his numerous children and step children. It is a one-room and one-story
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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
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stone building. It has a pyramidal shingled roof with a stepped stone
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property in Delaware on the National Register of Historic Places
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Octagonal School House, Route 9, Little Creek, Kent County, DE
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National Register of Historic Places in Kent County, Delaware
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In 1829, Delaware became the second state to establish free
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Octagonal Schoolhouse (Cowgill's Corner, Delaware) is located in Delaware
Octagonal Schoolhouse (Cowgill's Corner, Delaware) is located in the United States
Cowgill's Corner, Delaware
39°11′44″N 75°28′21″W / 39.19556°N 75.47250°W / 39.19556; -75.47250
71000217
octagonal schoolhouse
Cowgill's Corner
Kent County, Delaware
public education
Leipsic
stuccoed
cornice
National Register of Historic Places


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Octagonal Schoolhouse"
Accompanying photo
"Octagonal schoolhouse - Newspapers.com"
Historic American Buildings Survey
Octagonal School House, Route 9, Little Creek, Kent County, DE
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