P. S. Dupont High School is a historic high school building located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1934, and is a four-story, E-shaped, red brick building in a Colonial Revival / Neo-Georgian style. It has a hipped roof covered with dark reddish-brown shingles, topped by a wood, three-level tower and cupola that ends in a multiple-sided, bell-like copper roof and weather vane. The school is named for Pierre S. du Pont (1870–1954).[3]
P. S. Dupont High School | |
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| Location | 701 W. 34th St.,[2] Wilmington, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°45′51″N 75°32′0″W / 39.76417°N 75.53333°W |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | 1934 |
| Built by | Smith, Karno |
| Architect | E. William Martin |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Neo-Georgian |
| Website | http://www.brandywineschools.org/Domain/760 |
| NRHP reference No. | 86002917[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 23, 1976 |
It was one of three traditional public high schools in Wilmington, and initially did not accept black students, who were required to go to Howard High School. It was disestablished after Wilmington was divided into multiple school districts in the 1980s.[4]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1] The school is currently used as a middle school in the Brandywine School District.[2]
Notable alumni
edit- Velda Jones-Potter, businesswomen & politician
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "P.S. duPont Middle School". Brandywine School District. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
- ^ Stephen G. Delsordo and Patricia A. Maley (June 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: P. S. Dupont High School". and Accompanying 33 photos
- ^ Barrish, Cris; Eichmann, Mark (January 18, 2020). "Could bringing back Wilmington High help fix school inequities?". WHYY. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
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