Mooresburg School

Mooresburg School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	PA 642/45, Mooresburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	40°59′6″N 76°41′49″W / 40.985°N 76.69694°W / 40.985; -76.69694Coordinates: 40°59′6″N 76°41′49″W / 40.985°N 76.69694°W / 40.985; -76.69694
Area:	1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built:	1875
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	87002208 [1]
Added to NRHP:	December 30, 1987

The Mooresburg School is a one story building that was constructed in 1875 and rebuilt in1891. It is a brick vernacular building measuring thirty-five feet by twenty-eight feet on a fieldstone foundation and is located on the south side of Route 642-45 one half mile east of Mooresburg, Pennsylvania. ^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1]

History

The Mooresburg One Room School was constructed in 1875 by Liberty Township near the small village of Mooresburg. In 1891 the Mooresburg School was "rebuilt" by Liberty Township, as indicated on a datestone. It is not known how the school was rebuilt. Mooresburg One Room School remained opened and continued to educate local children in grades one through eight until 1964 when it was acquired by the Montour County Historical Society. It has now serves as a museum.^[2]

See Also

• Mooresburg, Pennsylvania
• Montour County Historical Society
• Education in the United States
• National Register of Historic Places

External Links

• Montour County Historical Society
• Description of Mooresburg School and History

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Mooresburg one Room School Copy of Nomination Document,l.