Old Monroe School House
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| Location | NJ 94, Hardyston Township, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 41°6′57″N 74°37′58″W / 41.11583°N 74.63278°W |
| Built | 1819 |
| NRHP reference No. | 77000911[1] |
| No parameter No. | 2601[2] |
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| Added to NRHP | August 12, 1977 |
| Designated No parameter | October 19, 1976 |
The Old Monroe School House is located along NJ Route 94 in the Monroe section of Hardyston Township in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. The schoolhouse was built in 1819 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 12, 1977, for its significance in education.[1] According to the nomination form, the building is the only stone one-room school in the county and the oldest extant schoolhouse in the county.[3]
The building is owned by the Hardyston Heritage Society and is open to the public as a period education museum.[4] It is usually open to the public on the first Sunday of the months of June through September.
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#77000911)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Sussex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. December 20, 2024. p. 4.
- ^ Kleiss, Richard; McCaber Sr., Wayne T. (July 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Monroe School House". National Park Service. With accompanying 2 photos
- ^ "Official site". Hardyston Heritage Society. Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
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