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Sodom Schoolhouse

EngvarB from November 2013National Register of Historic Places in Northumberland County, PennsylvaniaOctagonal school buildings in the United StatesSchool buildings completed in 1835School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Schools in Northumberland County, PennsylvaniaScotch-Irish American culture in PennsylvaniaScotch-Irish American history
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Sodom Schoolhouse is a historic octagonal school in West Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States reportedly built about 1812, 1835, or 1836 and used until 1915. It is located in a rural area on Pennsylvania Route 45 near several Scotch-Irish communities: the "small group of houses" formerly known as Sodom, which was about a mile east of the hamlet of Montandon, and about 3 miles east of a small town, Lewisburg.

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Purple Heart Highway, West Chillisquaque Township

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17850 West Chillisquaque Township
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Chillisquaque Creek

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