{"nrhp_refnum":"78002431","name":"Old Hoopes School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE of Lewistown","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lewistown","county":"Mifflin County","state":"PA","lat":40.64020286700003,"lon":-77.50670171199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half-story brick one-room schoolhouse near Maitland, about five miles from Lewistown in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, built circa 1873 on Jack's Creek.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is an excellent example of a central Pennsylvania one-room schoolhouse and that it represents the standard rural educational facility until consolidation in the 1940s and 1950s. It serves the surrounding farms and the village of Maitland, and its interior is kept in its school room appearance.","narrative":"Built around 1873 on Jack's Creek about five miles from Lewistown, the Old Hoopes School is a one-and-one-half-story brick building on a cobblestone foundation, measuring 28 by 38 feet under a gable roof with boxed cornices and brackets. Its single main entrance sits in the east gable end beneath a gabled porch, and nine-over-nine windows with stone lintels light the room. Inside, one large room holds desks facing west toward natural slate blackboards that span the full width of the wall, with wainscoting to window height and coat pegs along the east wall. The school served surrounding farms and the village of Maitland, which had a post office, depot and station on the Mifflin and Centre Railroad in the 1880s. Its original frame outhouses stand behind the building. It is regarded as an excellent example of a central Pennsylvania one-room schoolhouse, a type that was the standard rural school in America until consolidation in the 1940s and 1950s made it obsolete.","period_of_significance":"C. 1873","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The form describes the school as in excellent condition and altered, with the original cedar shingle roof replaced by tin.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.619607-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002431.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002431/cc0f576ecf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002431/cc0f576ecf-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Hoopes_School_Apr_10.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Hoopes_School_Apr_10.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996264","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Hoopes_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7084239"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/mifflin-county/old-hoopes-school-78002431/"}