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Denton Schoolhouse
Location: 104 S. 2nd St., Denton, Maryland Coordinates: 38°53′7″N 75°50′2″W / 38.88528°N 75.83389°WCoordinates: 38°53′7″N 75°50′2″W / 38.88528°N 75.83389°W Built: ca. 1883 Architect: Unknown Architectural style: Gothic Revival Governing body: Woman's Club of Denton, Inc. NRHP Reference#: 78001447
[1]Added to NRHP: April 19, 1978 The Denton Schoolhouse is a historic school located at Denton, Caroline County, Maryland, United States. It is a small building with a Latin cross plan and several features of the Gothic Revival style, built about 1883. On the roof ridge is an octagonal cupola with a belfry of alternating louvered and plain drop-arched panels, with a cut wooden spire on top.[2]
The Denton Schoolhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "Maryland Historical Trust". Schoolhouse, Denton, Caroline County. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-07. http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=470&COUNTY=Caroline&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Caroline.
External links
- Denton Schoolhouse, Caroline County, including photo from 1996, at Maryland Historical Trust
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Lists by county Allegany • Anne Arundel • Baltimore County • Calvert • Caroline • Carroll • Cecil • Charles • Dorchester • Frederick • Garrett • Harford • Howard • Kent • Montgomery • Prince George's • Queen Anne's • Somerset • St. Mary's • Talbot • Washington • Wicomico • Worcester
Lists by city Other lists Keeper of the Register • History of the National Register of Historic Places • Property types • Historic district • Contributing property Categories:- Schools on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- Buildings and structures in Caroline County, Maryland
- Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs
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