P. S. Dupont High School

	P. S. Dupont High School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Pierre S. Dupont High School
Location	701 W. 34th St.,; Wilmington, Delaware
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
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

^ ^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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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[brandywine-2] "P.S. duPont Middle School". Brandywine School District. Retrieved April 27, 2016.

[NRHPnom-3] 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

[BarrishEichmann-4] 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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