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Loller Academy

Coordinates: 40°10′16″N 75°6′39″W / 40.17111°N 75.11083°W / 40.17111; -75.11083
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Loller Academy
Loller Academy in Hatboro. September 2012.
Loller Academy is located in Pennsylvania
Loller Academy
Loller Academy is located in the United States
Loller Academy
Location424 S. York Rd., Hatboro, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°10′16″N 75°6′39″W / 40.17111°N 75.11083°W / 40.17111; -75.11083
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1811
NRHP reference No.78002435[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 24, 1978

The Loller Academy is an historic, American school building that is located in Hatboro, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Now the Borough Hall of the Borough of Hatboro, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

History and architectural features

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The original section was built in 1811, and is a two-story, stucco building measuring sixty-five feet wide by fifty-six feet long. It has a hipped roof and a forty-foot-square cupola. The building also has a later, two-story rear addition that measures twenty-four feet by seventy-two feet. The building features a belfry with clock, and housed a school until 1960.[2]

Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978,[1] it is now the Borough Hall of the Borough of Hatboro.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Lillian W.G. Hartung and Thomas R. Edmunds (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Loller Academy" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-04-21.