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

Record Detail

Record #98 from Segregated Schools on Delmarva

State Delaware
County Sussex County
School Name Warwick-Johnson School (DuPont)
Location John J. Williams Hwy, Millsboro
Date Opened Built 1921
Current Status Still standing in its original location. Now the Try Jesus Anointed Ministries Church.
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, 154. National Register for Historic Places, property ID #79003313.
Additional Information One-room school form, also known as "Johnson School," "Warwick #1," and/or "Warwick 203." Attended both by black students and Nanticoke students.

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