Delaware County PAGenWeb Project
Schools
Can you help identify the location of the known schools in Delaware County which are not listed below? If so, please e-mail Cyndie with the name of the school and location. Do you have an old class year book around? Would you be willing to transcribe the names of the classmates?
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African School-House on Horntown Road (1850), Darby Twp.
Barrens School-House (1868), Western Part of Middletown Twp.
Blue Hill School-House (prior to 1777), Upper Providence Twp. Original school-house was a log building.
Brooke Hall Female Seminary (1856), Media Borough
Bullock School-House (early-mid 1800's), Birmingham Twp., near property of Robert Bullock.
Calcon Hook School-House (1850), Darby Twp.
Cedar Grove School-House (abt. 1854), Lower Chichester Twp.
Central School-House (1837-1860), above Garrettford, Upper Darby Twp.
Chester Academy (1862), Southwest corner of Broad and Potter Streets.
Dutton School-House (abt. 1795), corner of Upper Chichester Road and highway leading from Aston to Marcus Hook (May have been the Friends School in Upper Chichester)
Eastern District School-House (1863), Thornbury Twp.
Eleventh Street School (1858), North Ward, Chester. Enlarged in 1874.
Fairlamb School-House (1837), Pennsgrove Road, near Riddle's Factory, on Chester Creek, Middletown Twp.
Frame School-House (early-mid 1800's), Birmingham Twp., near property of Squire Robert Frame.
Franklin Public School (1871), near property of Samuel M. Felton, Chester Twp.
Franklin Street School (1853), Franklin Street, South Ward, Chester.
Glen Riddle School (1858-1869), near Knowlton, Middletown Twp.
Haverford College (1832), Northern part of Haverford Twp.
Howell Street School (1878), Chester
Joseph Hoskins' School (1882), Fifth and Welsh Streets, Chester.
Kedron School-House (1862), Road from Morton to Norwood Station, Ridley Twp.
Larkin School-House (1859-1876), near Salkeld Larson's property.
Media Academy (1872) Front Street near Jefferson, Media Borough.
"Mount Racket" (1806) - Southeast part of Birmingham Twp., First school-house in Birmingham Twp.
"Mud Wasp" School-House (1787), Cartertown, Chester Twp.
No. 1, Brick School-House (1858), Sixth and Upland Streets, Upland. Enlarged 1880
No. 1, Stone School-House (1867), Western District, Edgmont Twp.
No. 2, Hill School-House (1868), Upland Borough
No. 3 School, Samuel Larkin House (1842-1859), Chichester and Concord Road
No. 3 Stone School-House (1843-1875), Southern District, Edgmont Twp.
Number One Public School (1824-1868), Bethel Road East of Booth's Corner, Bethel Twp.,
Number Two Public School (1839-1870), Booth's Corner, Bethel Twp.
Number Three Public School (1860), Bethel Road West of Chelsea, Bethel Twp.
Oakdale School House, Springfield Twp.
Principle Gertrude Devon, 1960
Oakdale Seminary 1857, Oakdale, Springfield Twp.
Patterson Street School-House (1871), Colored School, Chester.
The Pennsylvania Military Academy (established 1862)
Sandy Bank School-House (1836), Providence Great Road, Upper Providence Twp.
School-House of 1770, Welsh or Back Street and the King's Road, Chester
School-House of 1779, Haverford and Darby Road, Upper Darby Twp.
Shortlidge's Academy, Moved to Media Borough from West Chester in 1874. Known as Swithin C. Shortlidge's School for Boys in West Chester.
Society of Friends School in Concord Twp. (1779)
Society of Friends School in Darby Friends Meeting-House (abt. 1692)
Society of Friends School in Middletown Meeting-House (abt. 1783)
Society of Friends School in Upper Chichester Twp. (1793)
Springfield Road School-House (until 1871), West of Clifton, on the property of Oborn Levis
St. Charles Borromeo Church School (1869), Kellyville, Upper Darby Twp.
St. Martin's Lot School-House (1745-1860), Lower Chichester, New brick school-house built in 1801
St. Paul's Church Day-School for Young Ladies (1843), Chester
Swarthmore College, Incorporated 1864, Corner-Stone laid 1866, Inaugurated 1869, Springfield Twp.
Thomas Leiper School-House (1870), across from Leiper Church Lot, Ridley Twp.
Union School (1810), Hinkson's Corners, Nether Providence twp.
Union School (1833), near the Grist-Mill of William Walker, Upper Darby Twp.
Villanova College (1842), Radnor Twp.
Western District School-House (1715), near Chester Co., line on the road leading from Concord to Dilworthtown, Thornbury Twp.
William Smedley's School-House (before 1808-1839), Middletown Twp.
Yellow School-House (1855), Darby Borough.
