Upper Merion Township near Valley Forge in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Schoolhouse

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 20, 2010

1. Schoolhouse Marker

Inscription. This one room stone structure was built about 35 years after the encampment when the village of Valley Forge was expanding with industry. It served as a school until a new and larger building was constructed directly across Gulph Road. It then deteriorated and was used by local farmers as a storage shed and stable until it was restored first in 1915 and again in 1975.

Erected by National Park Service.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1915.

Location. 40° 5.755′ N, 75° 26.879′ W. Marker is near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County. It is in Upper Merion Township. It is at the intersection of Gulph Road and Historic Trace Road, on the left when traveling west on Gulph Road. Marker is located in Valley Forge National Historical Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: King of Prussia PA 19406, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Camp’s Road System (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Artillery Park (approx. 0.2 miles away); Site of the Marquee (approx. 0.2 miles away); A Pointed Defense (approx. 0.2 miles away); Pennsylvania Brigade (approx. ¼ mile

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away); To Build a Redoubt (approx. 0.3 miles away); “Crowded and Very Sickly” (approx. 0.3 miles away); Innerline Defense (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Valley Forge.

Marker in Valley Forge image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 20, 2010

2. Marker in Valley Forge

Schoolhouse and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 20, 2010

3. Schoolhouse and Marker

One Room Schoolhouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, March 20, 2010

4. One Room Schoolhouse

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 21, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,379 times since then and 68 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 21, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.