Centre Meeting and Schoolhouse

Centre Meeting and Schoolhouse, also known as Centre Meeting of Religious Society of Friends, is a historic Quaker meeting house and school located on Center Meeting Road in Centerville, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1796 and is rectangular brick building with pitched roof and brick chimney at either end. Sheds are attached to the east and west sides. The school house was built by the Friends for their children and those of the community. It is square with a pitched roof and a lunette in the gable toward the west.[2]

Centre Monthly Meeting and Schoolhouse
Centre Meeting interior, January 2008
Centre Meeting and Schoolhouse is located in Delaware
Centre Meeting and Schoolhouse
Centre Meeting and Schoolhouse is located in the United States
Centre Meeting and Schoolhouse
Location311 Center Meeting Rd., Centerville, Delaware
Coordinates39°49′13″N 75°35′58″W
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1796
NRHP reference No.71000224[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 16, 1971

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

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