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The Parkesburg School is an historic, American school building that is located in
Parkesburg Parkesburg is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was counted as 3,866 at the 2020 census. The ZIP code is 19365. History Parkesburg was first known as the Fountain Inn, a tavern built ca. 1734. The inn cea ...
, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.


History and architectural features

This historic structure was built in three sections. The oldest, which dates to between 1899 and 1900, with additions made in 1916 and circa 1958 to 1959, is a two-story, rectangular, brick building that was designed in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. It is nine bays by four bays and has a dual pitched hipped roof. The 1916 addition is two stories and was designed in the Colonial Revival style. The 1958–1959 addition is a one-story, rectangular brick structure that is attached to the main building by a narrow ell-shaped connector wing. ''Note:'' This includes It has been converted into a retirement home. This property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.


References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Renaissance Revival architecture in Pennsylvania School buildings completed in 1959 Schools in Chester County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania