Shelly School

Shelly School
Shelly School, September 2012
Location130 Richlandtown Pike (Pennsylvania Route 212), Richland Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°27′10″N 75°19′36″W / 40.45278°N 75.32667°W / 40.45278; -75.32667
Arealess than one acre
NRHP reference No.11000037[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 22, 2011

The Shelly School, also known as "The Little Red Schoolhouse," is an historic, American, one-room school that is located in Richland Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

History and architectural features

Built in 1885, this historic structure is a one-story, one-room, brick schoolhouse building that measures twenty-eight feet wide and thirty-four 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

  1. ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/22/11 through 2/25/11. National Park Service. March 4, 2011.
  2. ^ "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 October 7, 2012.