Hood Octagonal School

The Hood Octagonal School is a historic octagonal schoolhouse located in Newtown Square, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1841, and is a small, fieldstone, one-story, eight sided building with a wood shingled pyramidal roof. The school was abandoned about 1865, then restored in 1964.[2]

Hood Octagonal School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Hood Octagonal School, October 2009
Location	3500 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, Newtown Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°59′03″N 75°23′23″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1841
Architect	Yarnall, Richard Ashbridge
Architectural style	Octagon Mode
NRHP reference No.	06000045[1]
Added to NRHP	February 14, 2006

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1] The Newtown Square Historical Society says it was built by James Dunwoody, father of William Hood Dunwoody, to replace an earlier log school built by James' father.[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jane E. Dorchester (August 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hood Octagonal School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-06.
3. "Hood Octagonal Schoolhouse". Newtown Square Historical Society. Retrieved August 21, 2015.