The Roxborough School House. Founded by William Levering, 1748, rebuilt 1795 [graphic].

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The Roxborough School House. Founded by William Levering, 1748, rebuilt 1795 [graphic].

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Item No: pdcc00027
Title: The Roxborough School House. Founded by William Levering, 1748, rebuilt 1795 [graphic].
Media Type: Lithographs
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Exterior view of the small two-and-one-half story school house, renamed the "Levering Primary School" in 1847. Shows the side and front of the building also used as a public hall. A gated pathway and fence are visible next to the school house. A large tree stands in the front yard. The school was rebuilt again in 1857. William Levering (1705-1774) was a proprietor with large land holdings who not only built the first school in Roxborough, but the first smith shop and inn.


Notes:

Free Library of Philadelphia: Castner 27A:32


Notes:

Published in Horatio Gate Jones's The Levering Family; or, a genealogical account of Wigard Levering and Gerhard Levering,....(Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1858), opp. p.26.


Notes:

Roxborough School House (Philadelphia, Pa.)


Creation Year: ca. 1858
Creator Name: P.S. Duval & Son - Printer
P.S. Duval & Son - Publisher

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