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

Record Detail

Record #78 from Segregated Schools on Delmarva

State Delaware
County Sussex County
School Name Georgetown Richard Allen School (DuPont)
Location S. Railroad Ave, Georgetown
Date Opened by 1925
Current Status The building is still standing, now under the ownership of the Richard Allen Coalition, Inc. and in the process of restoration.
Source Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999), 61. Showell et al, DuPont “Colored” Schools, 1920-1931: An Architectural Survey Report, 131.
Additional Information Two-room school originally, remodeled to double it in size by 1954.

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