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

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Record #165 from Segregated Schools on Delmarva

State Delaware
County New Castle County
School Name Middletown Colored School (DuP)
Location New Street, Middletown
Date Opened Built 1923
Current Status No longer standing, demolished in the 1950s
Source Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999): 69. Showell et al, DuPont “Colored” Schools, 1920-1931: An Architectural Survey Report, 109.
Additional Information Three-room school. Louis L. Redding Middle School now stands where Middletown School did originally.

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