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Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School

Coordinates: 39°46′44″N 75°34′35″W / 39.77889°N 75.57639°W / 39.77889; -75.57639
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Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School
Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School on Workers' Hill at Hagley Museum, Blacksmith Hill Rd. Wilmington
Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School is located in Delaware
Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School
Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School is located in the United States
Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School
LocationNorth of Wilmington on Hagley Rd., near Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates39°46′44″N 75°34′35″W / 39.77889°N 75.57639°W / 39.77889; -75.57639
Arealess than one acre
Built1817 (1817)
NRHP reference No.72000291[1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1972

Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School, also known as Sunday School and Hagley Office, is a historic Sunday school building located near Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1817, and is a one-story, rectangular stone building. It measures 31 feet by 65 feet and features an Ionic order columned portico and school bell tower. Also on the property is a contributing spring house. It was built for workers, old and young, to learn the basics of reading, writing, and "ciphering," and remained in use as a school until 1851. From 1902 to 1921, it was the Hagley Yard office of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company. It was then converted to a private dwelling.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Eleanor M. Webster (August 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School". and Accompanying four photos
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