Red Hill Church and School
Red Hill Church and School | |
Red Hill Church and School in Ottsville, PA. September 2012. | |
Location | Durham Rd., Ottsville, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°28′9″N 75°9′27″W / 40.46917°N 75.15750°W |
Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
Built | 1766, 1843 |
NRHP reference No. | 78002355[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 22, 1978 |
Red Hill Church and School is a historic church and school located on Durham Road at Ottsville, Tinicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The church was built in 1766, and is a two bay by two bay, stuccoed stone building with a gable roof. The one-room school building was built in 1843, and is a one-story, three bay by one bay, stuccoed stone building. It has a gable roof with cupola. The church was built by a Presbyterian congregation, who sold it to a Lutheran and Reformed Church congregation in 1843. It remain in use as a church until 1920, then re-occupied in the summer of 1959. The school was used for public education until 1958, after which it was used for community meetings.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-10-07. Note: This includes Rev. Donald E. Mayer and Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Red Hill Church and School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- Cemeteries in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- One-room schoolhouses in Pennsylvania
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Religious buildings and structures completed in 1766
- School buildings completed in 1843
- Churches in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Schools in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- 1766 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies
- 18th-century churches in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places in Bucks County, Pennsylvania