Fairview Schoolhouse

The Fairview Schoolhouse is located east of Columbia in the Fairview Cemetery along Dean Road in Knowlton Township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1835 and documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1937.[3] The schoolhouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 12, 1977, for its significance in architecture and education. It is now used by the Fairview Cemetery Association.[4]

Fairview Schoolhouse
Now owned by the Fairview Cemetery Association
Fairview Schoolhouse is located in Warren County, New Jersey
Fairview Schoolhouse
Fairview Schoolhouse is located in New Jersey
Fairview Schoolhouse
Fairview Schoolhouse is located in the United States
Fairview Schoolhouse
LocationFairview Cemetery, Dean Road, Knowlton Township, New Jersey
Nearest cityColumbia, New Jersey
Coordinates40°55′17″N 75°0′52″W
Built1835 (1835)
Built byGeorge Flummerfelt
Architectural styleOctagon
NRHP reference No.77000916[1]
NJRHP No.2767[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 12, 1977
Designated NJRHPDecember 20, 1976

History and description

The one-story stone schoolhouse was built in 1835 by George Flummerfelt. The octagon shape of the building may have influenced Orson Squire Fowler and his work on octagon houses in 1848. It use as a school ended in 1874 and it then served as a tool shed for the cemetery.[4]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System – (#77000916)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Warren County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. March 30, 2023. p. 5.
  3. "Old Eight-Square Stone School". Historic American Buildings Survey. 1937.
  4. Bertland, Dennis (October 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fairview Schoolhouse". National Park Service. With accompanying photo
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