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Denton Schoolhouse

Coordinates: 38°53′7″N 75°50′2″W / 38.88528°N 75.83389°W / 38.88528; -75.83389
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Denton Schoolhouse
Denton Schoolhouse is located in Maryland
Denton Schoolhouse
Denton Schoolhouse is located in the United States
Denton Schoolhouse
Location104 S. 2nd St., Denton, Maryland
Coordinates38°53′7″N 75°50′2″W / 38.88528°N 75.83389°W / 38.88528; -75.83389
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1883 (1883)
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.78001447[1]
Added to NRHPApril 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]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.
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