Stanley Institute


Stanley Institute
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Stanley Institute, July 2009
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Location	South of Cambridge on Maryland Route 16, near Cambridge, Maryland
Coordinates	38°32′41.9618″N 76°6′9.6134″W / 38.544989389°N 76.102670389°W / 38.544989389; -76.102670389Coordinates: 38°32′41.9618″N 76°6′9.6134″W / 38.544989389°N 76.102670389°W / 38.544989389; -76.102670389
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1865
NRHP Reference #	75000888^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 11, 1975

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]

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

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ 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

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

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland

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