Goose Creek Meetinghouse Complex
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The Goose Creek Meetinghouse Complex is a Quaker worship center, with an original 1765 meetinghouse, an 1817 meetinghouse, and the Oak Dale schoolhouse in the village of Lincoln, Virginia
. The 1765 meetinghouse is a one-story stone building. The 1817 meetinghouse was originally built as a two-story brick building, but was damaged in a windstorm in 1944 and its upper story was removed. The schoolhouse is a one-story brick building on a stone foundation, built in 1815. The complex is on the site of the original log meetinghouse, built about 1750.
The Oak Dale School was the first public school in Loudoun County, Virginia
, and following the American Civil War
was the first school in the region to offer education to African-American children. The 1765 meetinghouse was converted to a residence after the construction of the 1817 meetinghouse. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
on July 24, 1974. The Goose Creek Meetinghouse complex and the village of Lincoln lie within the Goose Creek Historic District
, a rural landscape district.
Lincoln, Virginia
Lincoln is an historic unincorporated village in the Loudoun Valley of Loudoun County, Virginia, located approximately south of Purcellville. It was established as the community of Goose Creek during the 1750s by Quaker settlers and renamed Lincoln after the president shortly after his...
. The 1765 meetinghouse is a one-story stone building. The 1817 meetinghouse was originally built as a two-story brick building, but was damaged in a windstorm in 1944 and its upper story was removed. The schoolhouse is a one-story brick building on a stone foundation, built in 1815. The complex is on the site of the original log meetinghouse, built about 1750.
The Oak Dale School was the first public school in Loudoun County, Virginia
Loudoun County, Virginia
Loudoun County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county is estimated to be home to 312,311 people, an 84 percent increase over the 2000 figure of 169,599. That increase makes the county the fourth...
, and following the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
was the first school in the region to offer education to African-American children. The 1765 meetinghouse was converted to a residence after the construction of the 1817 meetinghouse. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on July 24, 1974. The Goose Creek Meetinghouse complex and the village of Lincoln lie within the Goose Creek Historic District
Goose Creek Historic District
The Goose Creek Historic District is a rural landscape in the Goose Creek valley of Loudoun County, Virginia. The district covers about south of Hamilton and Purcellville and includes the village of Lincoln. The majority of the district is farmland, with areas of forest along Hogback Mountain...
, a rural landscape district.