Hughes School is a historic school building near
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Description and history
Historically a
one-room school
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, the rectangular brick building rests on a stone foundation. The
gable
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d roof has
corbel
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ed
cornice
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s and the double door entry has a four pane slightly rounded
transom
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. The entry is in a two-story projecting
bay
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that was topped with a bell tower with pyramidal roof. A pair of six over six double hung sash windows flank the door with wooden shutters
louver
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ed on top and paneled below. These windows and the door have arched
keystone lintel
A lintel or lintol is a type of beam (a horizontal structural element) that spans openings such as portals, doors, windows and fireplaces. It can be a decorative architectural element, or a combined ornamented structural item. In the case of w ...
s with stone keystones and caps. Brick
pilaster
In classical architecture
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s divide each side of the building into four bays the rear three have windows which duplicate the windows on the
facade. The Hughes School is an example of 19th century one–room schoolhouse
architecture
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.
The land for the school was given to School District No. 4 by Nicholas Curtis in 1832. Elijah Hughes served as school director for the district at that time and is mentioned in the original deed.
[ The school was built in 1887.][ It was listed on the ]National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on January 2, 1976.[
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See also
* Historic preservation
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* History of education in the United States
The history of education in the United States covers the trends in educational formal and informal learning in America from the 17th century to the early 21st century.
Colonial era
New England
The first American schools in the thirteen origi ...
* Stonemasonry
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References
External links
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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
Buildings and structures in Butler County, Ohio
National Register of Historic Places in Butler County, Ohio
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