Updated: 4/6/2011 
Historical Society of Whitpain
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
Description

Same as under present Museum Info. Please add: The main project for the Society is the restoration and preservation of the Franklinville one-room school house. It is the last remaining one-room school house in the area open to the public. Originally opened in 1858 and closed in 1916, it has been restored to reflect what a one- room school house would have looked like in the late nineteenth century.

Mission

Same as under present Museum info

History

Historical Society of Whitpain was originally founded in 1985 for the purpose of restoring and preserving the one-room Franklinville school house.

Governance

Same as under present Museum info.

Hours of Operation

The Frankinville school is open to visitors on the third Sunday of the month, May through October from 1-3 PM. Visits can also be arranged by appointment.

Admission
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