Lutz-Franklin School
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Lutz-Franklin School is a historic one-room school
building located at Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
. It was built in 1880, and is a one story, rectangular stone building with a belfry
in the Late Victorian
style. A front porch was added in 1901. The building measures 32 feet by 38 feet and has a slate
covered gable roof. It was used as a school until 1958. The building was restored in 2004-2006 and houses the Lower Saucon Township Historical Society museum.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 2008.
One-room school
One-room schools were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In most rural and small town schools, all of the students met in a single room...
building located at Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Northampton County, Pennsylvania
As of the 2010 census, the county was 86.3% White, 5.0% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American or Alaskan Native, 2.4% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian, 2.2% were two or more races, and 3.8% were some other race. 10.5% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.As of the census of...
. It was built in 1880, and is a one story, rectangular stone building with a belfry
Bell tower
A bell tower is a tower which contains one or more bells, or which is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells. When attached to a city hall or other civic building, especially in...
in the Late Victorian
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
style. A front porch was added in 1901. The building measures 32 feet by 38 feet and has a slate
Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering...
covered gable roof. It was used as a school until 1958. The building was restored in 2004-2006 and houses the Lower Saucon Township Historical Society museum.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2008.