Noxen School

The story

Written by AI from this property's National Register nomination and the record above; every sentence is checked against its sources before it appears here. Corrections: privacy@treealive.com

The Noxen School is a building on School St. in Noxen Township, Wyoming County. It was built in 1897, with William Sherman Hubbell as architect and builder, and gained a two-classroom addition in 1922.

Why it's listed

It was listed under criterion A, with local significance in education; the nomination gives period of significance as 1897, when it was built, to 1956.

Physical character

The weatherboard and shake walls sit on a creek stone and mortar foundation with brick pillars, and the T-shaped building has a pediment in its east-west gables, stair towers, and a bell dormer. Fire escape doors and a south classroom addition date to 1922, a wall between two classrooms was removed and a cloakroom converted to two bathrooms in 1979, and the heating system and windows were replaced in 2003.

Historical context

The Noxen School Board organized in 1895, the year Noxen was incorporated, and the school opened in 1897. It became the township's first high school in 1902 and closed as one in 1951. The Noxen and Harvey's Lake districts merged in 1952 and with Lehman in 1962, and the school closed after consolidation in 1976. It was rented to Nancy's Fashions in 1979, and by 1999 housed the Schenck Memorial Library.