Denton Schoolhouse


Denton Schoolhouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	104 S. 2nd St., Denton, Maryland
Coordinates	38°53′7″N 75°50′2″W / 38.88528°N 75.83389°W / 38.88528; -75.83389Coordinates: 38°53′7″N 75°50′2″W / 38.88528°N 75.83389°W / 38.88528; -75.83389
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1883 (1883)
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
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

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ James M. Kilvington and Randolph M. Cornell (September 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Denton Schoolhouse" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

Denton Schoolhouse, Caroline County, including photo from 1996, at Maryland Historical Trust

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