Stanley Institute

Summary

Stanley Institute, also known as Rock School, is a historic African American school building located at Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland. It is a rectangular one-story, gable-front frame building with a small entrance vestibule built about 1865. Three original blackboards still occupy their proper locations. The building was moved to its present location from a site near Church Creek in 1867. It served as both a church and a school until the erection of the present Rock Methodist Church later in the 19th century.[2]

Stanley Institute
Stanley Institute, July 2009
Stanley Institute is located in Maryland
Stanley Institute
Stanley Institute is located in the United States
Stanley Institute
LocationSouth of Cambridge on Maryland Route 16, near Cambridge, Maryland
Coordinates38°32′41.9618″N 76°6′9.6134″W / 38.544989389°N 76.102670389°W / 38.544989389; -76.102670389
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1865
NRHP reference No.75000888[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 11, 1975

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ J. Richard Riviore and William H. Kish (January 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Stanley Institute" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

External links edit

  Media related to Stanley Institute at Wikimedia Commons

  • Photos and preservation information
  • Stanley Institute, Dorchester County, including photo from 2002, at Maryland Historical Trust