P. S. Dupont High School
United States historic place
P. S. Dupont High School | |
 Pierre S. Dupont High School | |
39°45′51″N 75°32′0″W / 39.76417°N 75.53333°W / 39.76417; -75.53333 | |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
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| Built | 1934 (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 |
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]
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
- Velda Jones-Potter, businesswomen & politician
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to P. S. DuPont High School.
- ^ 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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Wilmington, Delaware
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- Padua Acad
- St. Elizabeth HS
- Salesianum Sch
- Serviam Girls Acad
- Tower Hill Sch
- Ursuline Acad
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- Wilmington station
- Wilmington Airport (near Wilmington)
- Bancroft Mills
- Brandywine Park
- Delaware Art Museum
- Daniel S. Frawley Stadium
- Grand Opera House
- Old Town Hall
- Howard R. Young Correctional Institution
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