Spruce Grove School Explained

Spruce Grove School
Location:	Brandywine Creek Rd., Newlin Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	39.9353°N -75.7689°W
Built:	1839
Added:	September 16, 1985
Refnum:	85002378

The Spruce Grove School is an historic, American, one-room school that is located in Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

History and architectural features

This historic school was built in 1839, and is a one-story, twenty-four-foot-square stone structure with a gable roof and a corbeled stone cornice. In 1924, Spruce Grove School was converted to a private residence. Also located on the property is a stone abutment for a suspension bridge that once crossed the adjacent West Branch of the Brandywine River.^[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H078898_01D.pdf}} Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Spruce Grove School]. 2012-12-16. M.L. Wolf. PDF. November 1984.