Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #109 from Segregated Schools on Delmarva

State Delaware
County Kent County
School Name Delaware State College Practice School (DuPont)
Location Delaware State College's Campus
Date Opened 1921.
Current Status Still standing, now the Warren Franklin Health Center on Delaware State University's Dover campus.
Source Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999), 63; State of Delaware Historical Marker; DuPont “Colored” Schools, 1920-1931: An Architectural Survey Report, 84.
Additional Information Also known as the Delaware State College High School. Established as a feeder school for Delaware State College, closed in 1952.

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