P. S. Dupont High School Explained

P. S. Dupont High School
Location:701 W. 34th St.,[1]
Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates:39.7642°N -75.5333°W
Architect:E. William Martin
Builder:Smith, Karno
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Neo-Georgian
Added:October 23, 1976
Refnum:86002917
Website:http://www.brandywineschools.org/Domain/760

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).[2]

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.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The school is currently used as a middle school in the Brandywine School District.[1]

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: P.S. duPont Middle School. Brandywine School District. April 27, 2016.
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=86002917}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: P. S. Dupont High School ]. Stephen G. Delsordo and Patricia A. Maley . June 1986. and
  3. Web site: Barrish. Cris. Eichmann. Mark. Could bringing back Wilmington High help fix school inequities?. WHYY. 2020-01-18. 2021-07-03.