Iron Hill School No. 112C

Iron Hill School No. 112C

Iron Hill School, September 2012
Location 1335 Old Baltimore Pike in Pencader Hundred, near Newark, Delaware
Coordinates 39°37′54″N 75°45′29″W / 39.631532°N 75.758182°W / 39.631532; -75.758182Coordinates: 39°37′54″N 75°45′29″W / 39.631532°N 75.758182°W / 39.631532; -75.758182
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1923 (1923)
Architect Betelle, James Oscar
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 95001032[1]
Added to NRHP August 18, 1995

Iron Hill School No. 112C, also known as the Iron Hill Museum, is a historic one-room school building located near Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was designed by noted architect James Oscar Betelle and built in 1923, and is 1 1/2-story, rectangular frame, wood-shingled building on a concrete foundation with a medium-pitched gable roof. The building measures 24 feet by 48 feet, and features a pedimented portico centered on the gable end in the Colonial Revival style. The school was funded by Pierre S. du Pont as part of a reform and rebuilding of African-American schools in Delaware, between 1919 and 1928. The school was used until school segregation was abolished, which occurred at Iron Hill in 1965.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

The Iron Hill Museum's exhibits include area iron ore mining, Lenni Lenape history and culture, rocks and minerals from around Delaware and around the world, mounted area wildlife, and a display of fossils found in the state.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Susan Brizzolara (February 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Iron Hill School No. 112C" (PDF). National Park Service and accompanying nine photos. Retrieved 2010-04-20. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. ↑ "Exhibits". Iron Hill Museum. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
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