Iron Hill School No. 112C

United States historic place


Iron Hill School No. 112C
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Iron Hill School, September 2012
39°37′54″N 75°45′29″W / 39.631532°N 75.758182°W / 39.631532; -75.758182
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1923 (1923)
Architect	Betelle, James Oscar
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	95001032^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 18, 1995

Iron Hill School No. 112C, also known as the Iron Hill Museum, is a historic one-room school building located near Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was designed by architect James Oscar Betelle and built in 1923, and is 1+1⁄2-story, rectangular frame, wood-shingled building on a concrete foundation with a medium-pitched gable roof. The building measures 24 feet by 48 feet, and features a pedimented portico centered on the gable end in the Colonial Revival style. The school was funded by Pierre S. du Pont as part of a reform and rebuilding of African-American schools in Delaware, between 1919 and 1928. The school was used until school segregation was abolished, which occurred at Iron Hill in 1965.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

The Iron Hill Museum's exhibits include area iron ore mining, Lenni Lenape history and culture, rocks and minerals from around Delaware and around the world, mounted area wildlife, and a display of fossils found in the state.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Susan Brizzolara (February 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Iron Hill School No. 112C". National Park Service and accompanying nine photos. Retrieved April 20, 2010. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
^ "Exhibits". Iron Hill Museum. Retrieved October 2, 2014.