Stanley Institute
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Stanley Institute, July 2009
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| Location | South of Cambridge on Maryland Route 16, near Cambridge, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| 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]
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External links
- Photos and preservation information
- Stanley Institute, Dorchester County, including photo from 2002, at Maryland Historical Trust
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- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- Buildings and structures in Dorchester County, Maryland
- Defunct schools in Maryland
- School buildings completed in 1865
- African-American history in Cambridge, Maryland
- National Register of Historic Places in Dorchester County, Maryland
- Eastern Shore, Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs
