Old Hoopes School is a historic

one-room school One-room schools, or schoolhouses, were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries, including Prussia, Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Spain. In most rural and s ...

building located in Derry Township,

Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Mifflin County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,143. Its county seat is Lewistown. The county was created on September 19, 1789, from parts of Cumberland County and Northumberland ...

. It was built about 1873 and is a 1-story brick building with a

cobblestone Cobblestone is a natural building material based on cobble-sized stones, and is used for pavement roads, streets, and buildings. Setts, also called Belgian blocks, are often casually referred to as "cobbles", although a sett is distinct fro ...

foundation and a gable roof. It measures three bays by one bay. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to 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 ...

in 1978.

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One-room schoolhouses in Pennsylvania School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania School buildings completed in 1873 Buildings and structures in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-NRHP-stub