The Federal School - Haverford, PA - One-Room Schoolhouses on Waymarking.com

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"The Federal School is a historic one-room schoolhouse located on Darby Road in Haverford, Pennsylvania near the Allgates Estate. It was established in 1797, and was called the Federal School because of the community's pride of being part of the Federal United States, but not much else is known about it until 1849, when the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania purchased the building and officially renamed it the Haverford Seminary Number 1. It served as a public school from then until Horatio Gates Lloyd bought it in 1940. After his family moved out it served as a storage building. The Historical Society of Haverford Township restored it in 1991. The Federal School now has 1849 school re-enactments for 4th Graders in the School District of Haverford Township.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971."

The building's datestone can be viewed on the upper part of the right-hand side. Over the front door it is marked as Haverford Seminary No. 1. There is also an outhouse on the property.

To visit, it is best to park on Allgates Road and approach the school from the rear (there is a small parking lot). There is no parking on Darby Road, on which the school fronts.

Original or Re-creation?: Original Year the school first opened.: 01/01/1797 Year the school closed.: 12/31/1940 Is the schoolhouse still open as a school?: no Address: End of Allgates Drive Haverford, PA USA 19041 Web Address (if available): [Web Link] Does the school offer 19th century classroom reenactments or day camps?: yes

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