Federal School
Federal School | |
 Front of the Federal School, November 2009 | |
  Location within Pennsylvania  Location within the United States | |
| Location | Haverford-Darby Rd., Haverford, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°59′48″N 75°19′32″W / 39.99665°N 75.32554°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1797 |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000704[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 5, 1971 |
The Federal School is a historic one-room schoolhouse located on Darby Road in Haverford, Pennsylvania near the Allgates Estate. It was established in 1797, and was called the Federal School because of the community's pride of being part of the Federal United States, but not much else is known about it until 1849, when the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania purchased the building and officially renamed it the Haverford Seminary Number 1. It served as a public school from then until Horatio Gates Lloyd bought it in 1940. After his family moved out it served as a storage building.[2] The Historical Society of Haverford Township restored it in 1991. The Federal School now has 1849 school re-enactments for 4th Graders in the School District of Haverford Township.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]
Gallery
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Interior of the school
Interior of the school, Colorized
References
[edit]- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Pennsylvania Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks (February 1971). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Federal School. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 17, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
External links
[edit]- Haverford Township Historical Society Website on the Federal School[permanent dead link]
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-6060, "Federal School House, End of Allgates Drive (Haverford Township), Havertown, Delaware County, PA", 8 photos, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page
- HABS No. PA-6060-A, "Federal School House, Outbuilding", 1 photo caption page
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania
- One-room schoolhouses in Pennsylvania
- Schoolhouses in the United States
- Educational institutions established in 1797
- Haverford Township, Pennsylvania
- Schools in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- Museums in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- Education museums in the United States
- History museums in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania