William Shelly School and Annex
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| Location | 201 N. Adams St., West York, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°57′22″N 76°45′40″W / 39.95611°N 76.76111°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | c. 1897, 1905-1908 |
| Architect | Keyworth, Charles Augustus |
| Architectural style | Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 01000464[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 2, 2001 |
The William Shelly School and Annex, also known as the Eberton School, is a historic school building and annex located in West York, York County, Pennsylvania. Built circa 1897, the Shelly Annex was initially designed as a one-room school, but was then enlarged twice between 1898 and 1903 to become a 2 1/2-story, gable roofed brick building which is three bays wide and seven bays deep. Built between 1905 and 1908, the Shelly School was designed in the Italian Renaissance style, and is a two-story brick structure which is nine bays wide and seven bays deep. Completely rebuilt following a fire in 1919, the property was sold in 1960; the buildings were then utilized as storage facilities for the next 37 years.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
History and architectural features
[edit]The William Shelly School and Annex, which was built circa 1897 in West York, Pennsylvania and is also known as the Eberton School, was initially designed as a one-room school. Enlarged twice between 1898 and 1903, the annex became a 2 1/2-story, gable roofed brick building which is three bays wide and seven bays deep. Built between 1905 and 1908, the Shelly School was designed in the Renaissance Revival style, and is a two-story brick structure which is nine bays wide and seven bays deep. Completely rebuilt following a fire in 1919, the property was sold in 1960; the buildings were then utilized as storage facilities for the next 37 years.[2]
Placement of this school on the National Register of Historic Places
[edit]The NRHP nomination application for the William Shelly School and Annex was formally reviewed by Pennsylvania's Historic Preservation Board at its March 13, 2001 meeting at 9:45 a.m. at the State Museum in Harrisburg. Also considered for NRHP status at this time were the: Protection of the Flag Monument in Athens, Pennsylvania; Normandy Farm, George K. Heller School and Upper Roxborough Historic District in Montgomery County; Awbury Historic District and Harris/Laird, Schober & Company Building in Philadelphia; Michael Derstine Farmstead in Bucks County; Chester Heights Camp Meeting Historic District in Delaware County; John Nicholas and Elizabeth Moyer House in Berks County; and the Zeta Psi Fraternity House in Northampton County.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes B. Raid (September 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: William Shelly School and Annex" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-18.
- ^ William Shelly School and Annex, in "Historical and Museum Commission: National Register Nominations to be Considered by the Historic Preservation Board," in Pennsylvania Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 6, February 10, 2001, p. 893. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, retrieved online October 12, 2019.
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Romanesque Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
- School buildings completed in 1908
- Buildings and structures in York County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in York County, Pennsylvania
- 1908 establishments in Pennsylvania