Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School

Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School, also known as Sunday School and Hagley Office, is a historic Sunday school building located near Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1817, and is a one-story, rectangular stone building. It measures 31 feet by 65 feet and features an Ionic order columned portico and school bell tower. Also on the property is a contributing spring house. It was built for workers, old and young, to learn the basics of reading, writing, and "ciphering," and remained in use as a school until 1851. From 1902 to 1921, it was the Hagley Yard office of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company. It was then converted to a private dwelling.[2]

Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School
Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School on Workers' Hill at Hagley Museum, Blacksmith Hill Rd. Wilmington
LocationNorth of Wilmington on Hagley Rd., near Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates39°46′44″N 75°34′35″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1817 (1817)
NRHP reference No.72000291[1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1972

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

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