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

Record Detail

Record #97 from Segregated Schools on Delmarva

State Delaware
County Sussex County
School Name Warwick-Harmon School (DuPont)
Location John J. Williams Hwy, Millsboro
Date Opened Built 1922
Current Status Still standing in original location. Now the Nanticoke Indian Museum.
Source Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999), 56, 69. Showell et al, DuPont “Colored” Schools, 1920-1931: An Architectural Survey Report, 153.
Additional Information Replaced the original Warwick #2 School, which exclusively served Native American students. The DuPont Harmon school was open to both Black and Native American Students. Also known as Warwick School #2, or Warwick Indian School #225-C.

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