Hood Octagonal School Explained

Hood Octagonal School
Location:	3500 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, Newtown Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	39.9842°N -75.3897°W
Built:	1841
Architect:	Yarnall, Richard Ashbridge
Architecture:	Octagon Mode
Added:	February 14, 2006
Area:	less than one acre
Refnum:	06000045

The Hood Octagonal School is an historic octagonal schoolhouse which is located in Newtown Square, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

History and architectural features

Built in 1841, this historic school is a small, fieldstone, one-story, eight-sided building with a wood shingled pyramidal roof. The school was abandoned sometime around 1865, and was then restored in 1964.^[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

Representatives of the Newtown Square Historical Society have stated that this school was built by James Dunwoody, the father of William Hood Dunwoody, to replace an earlier log school that had been built by James' father.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2012-01-06. 2007-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H079321_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hood Octagonal School]. 2012-01-06. Jane E. Dorchester. PDF. August 2005.
2. Web site: Hood Octagonal Schoolhouse. Newtown Square Historical Society. August 21, 2015.