{"nrhp_refnum":"83004208","name":"Greenwood School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"700 King Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Whiteland","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.01398634100008,"lon":-75.59968975699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-11-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-room former public school building at the corner of King and Ship Roads in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, built in 1872 and converted to a residence in 1941. It is a one-and-one-half-story stuccoed stone building.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is significant as a well-preserved example of a 19th century one-room common school, selected as the township's best representative of that type. Its original interior features such as wainscoting, hardwood floors, and the teacher's platform remain largely intact despite residential conversion. The form notes it is one of two such schools in the township.","narrative":"Built in 1872 as a one-room public school at the corner of King and Ship Roads in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, the one-and-one-half-story building has stuccoed stone walls and a traditional one-room plan. The township had adopted the free school law in 1841, and a school was first erected on this site after land was acquired in 1844; the building was rebuilt during a second wave of school construction in the 1870s. It served as a school until 1941, when local schools were consolidated and the building was sold. Its conversion to a residence left most features intact, including tongue and groove wainscoting, hardwood floors, tall 6/6 windows, and a raised teacher's platform at the north end. A wooden ventilator with a gothic pointed arch in the south gable is the building's main stylistic detail. It is regarded as a remarkably preserved example of 19th century public school architecture, and is significant as the township's best representative of the common school type.","period_of_significance":"1860-1879","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Rural Gothic","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Converted to a residence in 1941 after the school was consolidated and sold; still used as a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.848391-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/83004208.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004208/81e41b60d4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004208/81e41b60d4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greenwood_School_Chesco_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greenwood_School_Chesco_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992660","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood_School_(West_Whiteland,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5605067"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/greenwood-school-83004208/"}