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

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Record #72 from Segregated Schools on Delmarva

State Delaware
County Sussex County
School Name Bridgeville Colored School (DuPont)
Location Church Street, Bridgeville
Date Opened Built 1920-21
Current Status Still in its original location, now called the Phillis Wheatley Middle School.
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, 123.
Additional Information Originally a four-room four-teacher school. Since 1921, several additions and alterations surrounding the original building have expanded it further in size.

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