Schoolmaster's House (1758) - Fallsington, PA
N 40° 11.039 W 074° 49.196
18T E 515329 N 4448193
This is the very first historic building in this district when you enter the south entrance. There is a cemetery as well to the left of it belonging to the Meetinghouse. The house has two very dated bricks to the left & right of the front door.
Waymark Code: WM735X
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/25/2009
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This site is one of five designated historic sites by Fallsington, Inc. Located just off Meetinghouse Square, this home was built by the Meeting in 1758, as testified by date stones by the door, to attract a Schoolmaster. The house was originally a fieldstone structure of one story plus a loft. It was expanded to two stories with wood frame construction at a later date. In the early 1970's the second story was removed revealing the original facade.
The Current Owner is The Falls Friends Meeting. One interesting design note is a A squirrel-tail oven. I am not sure what that is but it came up in various website about this site.
About the Historic District
Fallsington is an authentic 300-year-old quaker settlement. This village pre-dates other Friends historic districts by at least 50 years. Little known, and underrepresented in history books, it is one of the best existing examples of authentic pre-colonial life in America. There is a decent history of this village found in a nice book called The Buried Past: an Archaeological History of Philadelphia By John L. Cotter, Daniel G. Roberts, Michael Parrington. It can be found on Google Books which can be found SOURCE
HERE (page 363-367). One last interesting note, looking at Google Earth, it is clear to see this village, via Main Street, was at one time connected to the Lincoln Highway.
District Nomination Form Narrative
In 1971, the Village of Fallsington was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. This nationally-registered historic district takes its name from nearby "Falls of the Delaware." Immediately surrounding the historic district is a neighborhood of residences of various ages, circa 1700's to 1990's. This old stone home is one of thirty structures which make up the historic district, and certainly one of the oldest. It is one of several homes made from this type of field stone material. The following
limited text is excerpted from the original district nomination form submitted to the Department of Interior in 1971.
Schoolmaster's House, 1758. Owned by the Falls Meeting, which had it built to house the schoolmaster, it is on a long-term lease to Historic Fallsington, Inc., which hopes to restore it when funds are available.
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139 Yardley Ave
Levittown, PA 19054-1118
(215) 295-4449