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

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Record #129 from Segregated Schools on Delmarva

State Delaware
County Kent County
School Name Smyrna Colored School (DuPont)
Location 80 Monrovia Ave, Smyrna
Date Opened Built 1921
Current Status Still standing, now the Thomas D. Clayton Administrative Building.
Source Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999) 57, 69. Showell et al, DuPont “Colored” Schools, 1920-1931: An Architectural Survey Report, 81.
Additional Information Originally a five-room school, later expanded by renovations

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