Newtown Township near Newtown Square in Delaware County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Hood Octagonal School
honors
Listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the
US Department of the Interior
February 14, 2006
Erected by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Education. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission series list.
Location. 39° 59.05′ N, 75° 23.383′ W. Marker is near Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County. It is in Newtown Township. Marker can be reached from Dunwoody Village Road just south of West Chester Pike (Pennsylvania Route 3), on the left when traveling east. The marker is just west of 3400 West Chester Pike. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Newtown Square PA 19073, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Horace Lewis House (approx. 0.7 miles away); Newtown Friends Meeting (approx. one mile away); Mary Lyon (approx. 1.1 miles away); Jane Addams (approx. 1.1 miles away); Louisa May Alcott
this page online
More about this marker. Notice that Dunwoody Village Road is labeled as taking a 90 degree turn to the right, instead of continuing on counterclockwise curve toward West Chester Pike; thus, the marker is listed as being on the left of such road.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 8, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 174 times since then and 25 times this year. Last updated on November 9, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 8, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
