P. S. Dupont High School | |
.jpg) Pierre S. Dupont High School | |
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| Location | 701 W. 34th St.,[2] Wilmington, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 39°45′51″N75°32′0″W / 39.76417°N 75.53333°W /39.76417; -75.53333 |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| 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 historichigh school building located inWilmington,New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1934, and is a four-story, E-shaped, red brick building in aColonial Revival /Neo-Georgian style. It has ahipped roof covered with dark reddish-brown shingles, topped by a wood, three-level tower andcupola that ends in a multiple-sided, bell-like copper roof andweather vane. The school is named forPierre 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 theNational Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1] The school is currently used as a middle school in theBrandywine School District.[2]
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