Center Meeting and Schoolhouse

Center Meeting Rd., Centerville, Delaware. County/parish: New Castle.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 16, 1971. NRIS 71000224.

2 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • Center Meeting of Religious Society of Friends

From Wikipedia:

Centre Meeting and Schoolhouse

Centre Meeting and Schoolhouse, also known as Centre Meeting of Religious Society of Friends, is a historic Quaker meeting house and school located on Center Meeting Road in Centerville, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1796 and is rectangular brick building with pitched roof and brick chimney at either end. Sheds are attached to the east and west sides. The school house was built by the Friends for their children and those of the community. It is square with a pitched roof and a lunette in the gable toward the west.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75324334

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