Fairview Schoolhouse
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Fairview Schoolhouse
| nrhp_type =
| image = Fairview Schoolhouse, Knowlton Township, NJ.jpg
| caption = Now owned by the Fairview Cemetery Association
| nearest_city = Columbia, New Jersey
| coordinates = {{coord|40|55|17|N|75|0|52|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = USA New Jersey Warren County#New Jersey#USA
| location = Fairview Cemetery, Dean Road, Knowlton Township, New Jersey
| built = {{start date|1835}}
| builder = George Flummerfelt
| architecture = Octagon
| added = August 12, 1977
| area =
| refnum = 77000916{{NRISref|version=2013a|refnum=77000916}}
| designated_other1_name = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
| designated_other1_abbr = NJRHP
| designated_other1_link = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
| designated_other1_date = December 20, 1976
| designated_other1_number = 2767{{cite web | title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Warren County | url=https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/WARREN.pdf#page=5 | publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office | page=5 | date=March 30, 2023 }}
| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| designated_other1_color = #ffc94b
}}
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.{{cite web |title=Old Eight-Square Stone School |url=https://loc.gov/pictures/item/nj0866/ |date=1937 |publisher=Historic American Buildings Survey}} 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.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=77000916}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fairview Schoolhouse |publisher=National Park Service|first1=Dennis |last1=Bertland |date=October 1976 }} With {{NRHP url|id=77000916|photos=y|title=accompanying photo}}
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.
See also
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External links
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- {{HABS |survey=NJ-429 |id=nj0866 |title=Old Eight-Square Stone School, Knowlton, Warren County, NJ |photos=2 |dwgs=4 |data=3}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey}}
{{NRHP in Warren County, New Jersey}}
Category:Defunct schools in New Jersey
Category:Knowlton Township, New Jersey
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, New Jersey
Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Category:School buildings completed in 1835
Category:1835 establishments in New Jersey
Category:Schools in Warren County, New Jersey