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Segregated Schools on Delmarva

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  • Record #1
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    N/A
    Location
    Near Eden, propert of George W. Furniss
    Date Opened
    land purchased 1917
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    N/A
    Location
    Near Eden, propert of George W. Furniss
    Date Opened
    land purchased 1917
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Marylander and Herald, January 1917, page 18
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #2
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    N/A
    Location
    Deal Island
    Date Opened
    existing in 1917
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    N/A
    Location
    Deal Island
    Date Opened
    existing in 1917
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    –
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #3
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    N/A
    Location
    Kingston
    Date Opened
    existing in 1917
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    N/A
    Location
    Kingston
    Date Opened
    existing in 1917
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    –
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #4
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    N/A
    Location
    Dublin District
    Date Opened
    existing in 1917
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    N/A
    Location
    Dublin District
    Date Opened
    existing in 1917
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    –
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #5
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    N/A
    Location
    East Princess Anne District
    Date Opened
    existing in 1917
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    N/A
    Location
    East Princess Anne District
    Date Opened
    existing in 1917
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    –
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #6
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    Marion Colored School
    Location
    Marion
    Date Opened
    existing in 1917
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    Marion Colored School
    Location
    Marion
    Date Opened
    existing in 1917
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Marylander and Herald, September 1951, page 12
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #7
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    Mt. Vernon Colored School
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    Mt. Vernon Colored School
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Marylander and Herald, September 1951, page 12
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #8
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    Manokin Colored School
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    Manokin Colored School
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Marylander and Herald, September 1951, page 12
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    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #9
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    Greenwood School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    Princess Anne
    Date Opened
    1926/1927 fiscal year
    Current Status
    No longer standing
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    Greenwood School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    Princess Anne
    Date Opened
    1926/1927 fiscal year
    Current Status
    No longer standing
    Source
    Marylander and Herald, December 1912 page 30, September 1951, page 12, The Rosenwald Schools of Maryland Multiple Property Documentation, 2010 Report, 17, 20.
    Additional Information
    Originally built on a two-year, two-teacher plan. Two room addition added at some point between 1930 and 1932. Rosenwald building may have replaced older school in Greenwood, which was open by 1912.
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #10
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    Crisfield Colored High School
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Somerset
    School Name
    Crisfield Colored High School
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Marylander and Herald, September 1951, page 12
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #11
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Deep Branch
    Location
    "west of Head-of-Creek on a road which led to Tyaskin"
    Date Opened
    existing between 1914 and 1918
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Deep Branch
    Location
    "west of Head-of-Creek on a road which led to Tyaskin"
    Date Opened
    existing between 1914 and 1918
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Recollections, Wicomico One Room Schoolhouses, 1977
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #12
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Head-Of-Creek
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Head-Of-Creek
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Recollections, Wicomico One Room Schoolhouses, 1977
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #13
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Hebron
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Hebron
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Recollections, Wicomico One Room Schoolhouses, 1977
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #14
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Mardela
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Mardela
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Recollections, Wicomico One Room Schoolhouses, 1977
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #15
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Mt. Pleasant
    Location
    between Willards and Powellville
    Date Opened
    before 1924
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Mt. Pleasant
    Location
    between Willards and Powellville
    Date Opened
    before 1924
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Recollections, Wicomico One Room Schoolhouses, 1977
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #16
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    New Town
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    New Town
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Recollections, Wicomico One Room Schoolhouses, 1977
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #17
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Rockawalkin
    Location
    Northeast corner of Quantico Road and Rockawalkin Road
    Date Opened
    circa 1872
    Current Status
    closed 1938
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Rockawalkin
    Location
    Northeast corner of Quantico Road and Rockawalkin Road
    Date Opened
    circa 1872
    Current Status
    closed 1938
    Source
    Recollections, Wicomico One Room Schoolhouses, 1977
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    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #18
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Tyaskin
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Tyaskin
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Recollections, Wicomico One Room Schoolhouses, 1977
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #19
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Waller
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    closed before 1940
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Waller
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    closed before 1940
    Source
    Recollections, Wicomico One Room Schoolhouses, 1977
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #20
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    North Quantico (Rosenwald)
    Location
    Quantico
    Date Opened
    1921/1922 fiscal year
    Current Status
    No longer standing
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    North Quantico (Rosenwald)
    Location
    Quantico
    Date Opened
    1921/1922 fiscal year
    Current Status
    No longer standing
    Source
    The Rosenwald Schools of Maryland Multiple Property Documentation, 2010 Report, 14.
    Additional Information
    1-room, 1-teacher school
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #21
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    South Quantico (Rosenwald)
    Location
    Quantico
    Date Opened
    1921/1922 fiscal year
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    South Quantico (Rosenwald)
    Location
    Quantico
    Date Opened
    1921/1922 fiscal year
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    The Rosenwald Schools of Maryland Multiple Property Documentation, 2010 Report, 14.
    Additional Information
    Two-room, two-teacher plan
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #22
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Salisbury High School
    Location
    Railroad Ave., Salisbury
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Salisbury High School
    Location
    Railroad Ave., Salisbury
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    –
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #23
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Salisbury High School
    Location
    Lake street, location of Charles H. Chipman Elementary School, Salisbury
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    No longer standing, however, one of the original doorways is preserved on the grounds of Charles …
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Salisbury High School
    Location
    Lake street, location of Charles H. Chipman Elementary School, Salisbury
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    No longer standing, however, one of the original doorways is preserved on the grounds of Charles H. Chipman Elementary
    Source
    –
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #24
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Whitehaven School
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Whitehaven School
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    –
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #25
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    San Domingo School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    San Domingo
    Date Opened
    1919
    Current Status
    Still standing and restored, now the San Domingo School Community and Cultural Center
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    San Domingo School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    San Domingo
    Date Opened
    1919
    Current Status
    Still standing and restored, now the San Domingo School Community and Cultural Center
    Source
    The Rosenwald Schools of Maryland Multiple Property Documentation, 2010 Report, 13.
    Additional Information
    3-room, 3-teacher plan. Ceased operating as a school in the late 50s to early 60s.
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #26
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Wetipquin School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    Wetipquin, Quantico
    Date Opened
    1921/1922 fiscal year
    Current Status
    Still standing on the 2200 block of Royal Oak Road as of 2014
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Wetipquin School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    Wetipquin, Quantico
    Date Opened
    1921/1922 fiscal year
    Current Status
    Still standing on the 2200 block of Royal Oak Road as of 2014
    Source
    The Rosenwald Schools of Maryland Multiple Property Documentation, 2010 Report : 14, 2014 Revision: Surviving School Appendix
    Additional Information
    Two-room, two-teacher schoolhouse
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #27
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Glass Hill School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    Glass Hill, near Parsonsburg
    Date Opened
    1929/1930 Fiscal year
    Current Status
    Building no longer exists
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Wicomico County
    School Name
    Glass Hill School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    Glass Hill, near Parsonsburg
    Date Opened
    1929/1930 Fiscal year
    Current Status
    Building no longer exists
    Source
    Recollections, Wicomico One Room Schoolhouses, 1977; Rosenwald Schools of Maryland Multiple Property Documentation, 2010 Report , 19
    Additional Information
    One-room schoolhouse,
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #28
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Blinthorn School
    Location
    Blinthorn Rd. off E. New Market & Elwood Rds
    Date Opened
    1873
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Blinthorn School
    Location
    Blinthorn Rd. off E. New Market & Elwood Rds
    Date Opened
    1873
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Up Pine Street, Vol. 1, David "Nicky" Henry, 2003
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    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #29
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Church Creek School
    Location
    Church Creek Golden Hill Rd
    Date Opened
    Circa 1887
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Church Creek School
    Location
    Church Creek Golden Hill Rd
    Date Opened
    Circa 1887
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    David "Nicky" Henry, Up Pine Street, Vol. 1. (2003) 87.
    Additional Information
    One-room school house, grades one through sixth.
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #30
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Cordtown School (existing as of 2009)
    Location
    Cordtown Rd, just off Rt. 50
    Date Opened
    Circa 1887
    Current Status
    Open until late 1950s
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Cordtown School (existing as of 2009)
    Location
    Cordtown Rd, just off Rt. 50
    Date Opened
    Circa 1887
    Current Status
    Open until late 1950s
    Source
    David "Nicky" Henry, Up Pine Street, Vol. 1. (2003) 90.
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    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #31
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    East New Market School
    Location
    Rt. 14 behind Mt. Zion UM Church, East New Market
    Date Opened
    Circa 1873
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    East New Market School
    Location
    Rt. 14 behind Mt. Zion UM Church, East New Market
    Date Opened
    Circa 1873
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    David "Nicky" Henry, Up Pine Street, Vol. 1. (2003), 92. The Salisbury Times, August 15th 1956, p. 7.
    Additional Information
    Two-teacher school
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #32
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Frederick Douglas St. Clair High School
    Location
    Fairmount Ave., Cambridge
    Date Opened
    1932
    Current Status
    No longer standing
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Frederick Douglas St. Clair High School
    Location
    Fairmount Ave., Cambridge
    Date Opened
    1932
    Current Status
    No longer standing
    Source
    Up Pine Street, Vol. 1, David; The Rosenwald Schools of Maryland Multiple Property Documentation, 2010 Report, 20
    Additional Information
    Rosenwald School, the fund contributed $3600 for its construction; ten-room, ten-teacher school plan
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #33
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Cambridge Grammar School
    Location
    Cross St. & School House La.
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Cambridge Grammar School
    Location
    Cross St. & School House La.
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Up Pine Street, Vol. 1, David "Nicky" Henry, 2003
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #34
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Hicksburg School
    Location
    Hicksburgy Rd., off Rt. 50
    Date Opened
    Circa 1887
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Hicksburg School
    Location
    Hicksburgy Rd., off Rt. 50
    Date Opened
    Circa 1887
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Up Pine Street, Vol. 1, David "Nicky" Henry, 2003
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #35
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Jenifer Institute School #1
    Location
    Cambridge, next to Waugh Church
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Jenifer Institute School #1
    Location
    Cambridge, next to Waugh Church
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Up Pine Street, Vol. 1, David "Nicky" Henry, 2003
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #36
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Hurlock Elementary School
    Location
    Hurlock
    Date Opened
    Early 1900s
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Hurlock Elementary School
    Location
    Hurlock
    Date Opened
    Early 1900s
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Up Pine Street, Vol. 1, David "Nicky" Henry, 2003
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #37
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Lina’s Road School
    Location
    Blackwater Rd. at Liners Rd.
    Date Opened
    Circa 1884
    Current Status
    existing as of 2009
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Lina’s Road School
    Location
    Blackwater Rd. at Liners Rd.
    Date Opened
    Circa 1884
    Current Status
    existing as of 2009
    Source
    David "Nicky" Henry, Up Pine Street, Vol. 1. (2003) 99. The Salisbury Times, August 15th 1956, p. 7.
    Additional Information
    One room, one teacher school
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #38
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Oldfield School
    Location
    Oldfield Rd., Church Creek
    Date Opened
    Circa 1840
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Oldfield School
    Location
    Oldfield Rd., Church Creek
    Date Opened
    Circa 1840
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Up Pine Street, Vol. 1, David "Nicky" Henry, 2003
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #39
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Pine Street Elementary
    Location
    Pine St., Cambridge (destroyed by fire in
    1967)
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Pine Street Elementary
    Location
    Pine St., Cambridge (destroyed by fire in
    1967)
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Up Pine Street, Vol. 1, David "Nicky" Henry, 2003
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #40
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Salem School
    Location
    Salem, Rt. 50 behind Mt. Pleasant Church
    Date Opened
    Circa 1887
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Salem School
    Location
    Salem, Rt. 50 behind Mt. Pleasant Church
    Date Opened
    Circa 1887
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Up Pine Street, Vol. 1, David "Nicky" Henry, 2003
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #41
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Stanley Institute (existing as of 2009)
    Location
    Christ Rock, moved from near Church Creek
    Date Opened
    Circa 1865
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Stanley Institute (existing as of 2009)
    Location
    Christ Rock, moved from near Church Creek
    Date Opened
    Circa 1865
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Up Pine Street, Vol. 1, David "Nicky" Henry, 2003
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #42
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Taylors Island Colored School
    Location
    Hooper Neck Rd., Taylors Island
    Date Opened
    1873
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Taylors Island Colored School
    Location
    Hooper Neck Rd., Taylors Island
    Date Opened
    1873
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Up Pine Street, Vol. 1, David "Nicky" Henry, 2003
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #43
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Thompsontown School
    Location
    Thompsonville Rd., Thompsontown
    Date Opened
    Circa 1903
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Thompsontown School
    Location
    Thompsonville Rd., Thompsontown
    Date Opened
    Circa 1903
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Up Pine Street, Vol. 1, David "Nicky" Henry, 2003
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #44
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Trippe’s Neck School
    Location
    Drawbridge Rd. near Ravenwood Rd.
    Date Opened
    Circa 1873
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Trippe’s Neck School
    Location
    Drawbridge Rd. near Ravenwood Rd.
    Date Opened
    Circa 1873
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Up Pine Street, Vol. 1, David "Nicky" Henry, 2003
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #45
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Vienna Elementary School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    Vienna
    Date Opened
    1921/1922 Fiscal Year
    Current Status
    No longer standing
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Dorchester County
    School Name
    Vienna Elementary School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    Vienna
    Date Opened
    1921/1922 Fiscal Year
    Current Status
    No longer standing
    Source
    Up Pine Street, Vol. 1, David; The Rosenwald Schools of Maryland Multiple Property Documentation, 2010 Report, 14
    Additional Information
    Two-room, two-teacher schoolhouse
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #46
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Henderson
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    open in 1919-20 (one room school list)
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Henderson
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    open in 1919-20 (one room school list)
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Worcester County Maryland's Arcadia, appendix D, 1977.
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #47
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Georgetown
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    open in 1919-20 (one room school list)
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Georgetown
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    open in 1919-20 (one room school list)
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Worcester County Maryland's Arcadia, appendix D, 1977.
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #48
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Newark School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    Newark
    Date Opened
    Likely open since 1919/1920, Rosenwald construction completed in 1922/1923 fiscal year.
    Current Status
    No longer standing
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Newark School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    Newark
    Date Opened
    Likely open since 1919/1920, Rosenwald construction completed in 1922/1923 fiscal year.
    Current Status
    No longer standing
    Source
    Worcester County Maryland's Arcadia, appendix D, 1977. The Rosenwald Schools of Maryland Multiple Property Documentation, 2010 Report,  15)
    Additional Information
    One-room schoolhouse
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #49
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Bishop (Rosenwald)
    Location
    N/A
    Date Opened
    Possibly as early as 1919, Rosenwald construction completed by 1922/1923 fiscal year
    Current Status
    Unknown
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Bishop (Rosenwald)
    Location
    N/A
    Date Opened
    Possibly as early as 1919, Rosenwald construction completed by 1922/1923 fiscal year
    Current Status
    Unknown
    Source
    Worcester County Maryland's Arcadia, appendix D, 1977. The Rosenwald Schools of Maryland Multiple Property Documentation, 2010 Report,  15.
    Additional Information
    One-room schoolhouse
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #50
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Friendship
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    open in 1919-20 (one room school list)
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Friendship
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    open in 1919-20 (one room school list)
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Worcester County Maryland's Arcadia, appendix D, 1977.
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #51
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Consolidated Colored School (?)
    Location
    near Five Mile Branch between Snow Hill and Newark
    Date Opened
    approved 1951 and completed 1952
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Consolidated Colored School (?)
    Location
    near Five Mile Branch between Snow Hill and Newark
    Date Opened
    approved 1951 and completed 1952
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Democratic Messenger, 30 August 1951
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #52
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Germantown School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    Trappe Road, Berlin MD
    Date Opened
    1923
    Current Status
    Restored and converted to the Germantown School Community Heritage Center
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Germantown School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    Trappe Road, Berlin MD
    Date Opened
    1923
    Current Status
    Restored and converted to the Germantown School Community Heritage Center
    Source
    The Rosenwald Schools of Maryland Multiple Property Documentation, 2010 Report, Surviving Schools Appendix; Germantown School Community Heritage Center Website; Josephine Anderson interview.
    Additional Information
    Constructed as a 2-teacher, 2-room school. Closed in 1953.
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #53
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Genezar (or Dr. Henry's)
    Location
    Germantown
    Date Opened
    Per Barbara Purnell
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Genezar (or Dr. Henry's)
    Location
    Germantown
    Date Opened
    Per Barbara Purnell
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    –
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #54
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Flower Street Elementary
    Location
    Berlin
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Flower Street Elementary
    Location
    Berlin
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    –
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #55
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Mt. Wesley Colored School
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    1919
    Current Status
    No longer standing
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Mt. Wesley Colored School
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    1919
    Current Status
    No longer standing
    Source
    Democratic Messenger, 14 June 1919;The Rosenwald Schools of Maryland Multiple Property Documentation, 2010 Report,  14.
    Additional Information
    Three-room, three-teacher school. Possibly located in Snow Hill.
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #56
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Unionville Colored School
    Location
    (No. 2, Dist. No. 1)
    Date Opened
    Land sold at auction in 1941
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Unionville Colored School
    Location
    (No. 2, Dist. No. 1)
    Date Opened
    Land sold at auction in 1941
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Democratic Messenger, 2 October 1941
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #57
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    St. James Colored School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    (No. 3, Dist. No. 1)
    Date Opened
    Land sold at auction in 1941
    Current Status
    No longer standing
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    St. James Colored School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    (No. 3, Dist. No. 1)
    Date Opened
    Land sold at auction in 1941
    Current Status
    No longer standing
    Source
    Democratic Messenger, 2 October 1941. The Rosenwald Schools of Maryland Multiple Property Documentation, 2010 Report,  19.
    Additional Information
    One-room schoolhouse
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #58
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    N/A
    Location
    Snow Hill Road in Girdletree (No. 3, District 2)
    Date Opened
    1919 fiscal year; Democratic Messenger: "For the construction of a two-room school house near Gir…
    Current Status
    Still standing, attached by addition to Cool Spring United church
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    N/A
    Location
    Snow Hill Road in Girdletree (No. 3, District 2)
    Date Opened
    1919 fiscal year; Democratic Messenger: "For the construction of a two-room school house near Girdletree"
    Current Status
    Still standing, attached by addition to Cool Spring United church
    Source
    Democratic Messenger, 19 July 1919, page 1; The Rosenwald Schools of Maryland Multiple Property Documentation, 2010 Report: 13, 2014 Revision: Surviving School Appendix.
    Additional Information
    Two teacher, two room school
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #59
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Hutt's Chapel Colored School
    Location
    (No. 2, Dist. No. 6)
    Date Opened
    Land sold at auction in 1941
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Hutt's Chapel Colored School
    Location
    (No. 2, Dist. No. 6)
    Date Opened
    Land sold at auction in 1941
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Democratic Messenger, 2 October 1941
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #60
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Curtis Colored School
    Location
    (No. 4, Dist. No. 9)
    Date Opened
    1919
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Curtis Colored School
    Location
    (No. 4, Dist. No. 9)
    Date Opened
    1919
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Democratic Messenger, 11 July 1940, page 10
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #61
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Whaleyville Colored School
    Location
    (No. 2, Dist. No. 9)
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Whaleyville Colored School
    Location
    (No. 2, Dist. No. 9)
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Democratic Messenger, 11 July 1940, page 10
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #62
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Box Iron Colored School
    Location
    (No. 4, Dist. No. 2)
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Box Iron Colored School
    Location
    (No. 4, Dist. No. 2)
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Democratic Messenger, 11 July 1940, page 10
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #63
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Taylor's Gate Colored School
    Location
    (No. 1, Dist. No. 6)
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Taylor's Gate Colored School
    Location
    (No. 1, Dist. No. 6)
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Democratic Messenger, 11 July 1940, page 10
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #64
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Johnson's Neck Colored School
    Location
    (No. 2, Dist. No. 8)
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Johnson's Neck Colored School
    Location
    (No. 2, Dist. No. 8)
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Democratic Messenger, 11 July 1940, page 10
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #65
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    St. Paul Colored School
    Location
    (No. 3, Dist. No. 8)
    Date Opened
    Before 1919; Democratic Messenger "For the construction of a one-room school house in the Eighth …
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    St. Paul Colored School
    Location
    (No. 3, Dist. No. 8)
    Date Opened
    Before 1919; Democratic Messenger "For the construction of a one-room school house in the Eighth Election District at Old St. Paul's Colored School."
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Democratic Messenger, 11 July 1940, page 10
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #66
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Synepuxent Colored School
    Location
    (No. 1, Dist. 10)
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Synepuxent Colored School
    Location
    (No. 1, Dist. 10)
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Democratic Messenger, 11 July 1940, page 10
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #67
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Queponco Colored School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    (No. 2, Dist. No. 4)
    Date Opened
    1922/1923 fiscal year
    Current Status
    No longer standing
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Queponco Colored School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    (No. 2, Dist. No. 4)
    Date Opened
    1922/1923 fiscal year
    Current Status
    No longer standing
    Source
    Democratic Messenger, 11 July 1940, page 10. The Rosenwald Schools of Maryland Multiple Property Documentation, 2010 Report, 15.
    Additional Information
    One-room schoolhouse.
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #68
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Staggville Colored School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    (No. 1, Dist. No. 7)
    Date Opened
    1923/1924 fiscal year
    Current Status
    building removed by 1940
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    Staggville Colored School (Rosenwald)
    Location
    (No. 1, Dist. No. 7)
    Date Opened
    1923/1924 fiscal year
    Current Status
    building removed by 1940
    Source
    Democratic Messenger, 11 July 1940, page 10. The Rosenwald Schools of Maryland Multiple Property Documentation, 2010 Report, 15.
    Additional Information
    One-room schoolhouse.
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #69
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    McMillan School
    Location
    Originally 7 miles south of Pocomoke City near Brantley Road; currently in Pocomoke City on the c…
    Date Opened
    1900
    Current Status
    Now restored and open as the Sturgis One-Room School House Museum.
    State
    Maryland
    State
    Maryland
    County
    Worcester County
    School Name
    McMillan School
    Location
    Originally 7 miles south of Pocomoke City near Brantley Road; currently in Pocomoke City on the corner of Front and Willow Streets.
    Date Opened
    1900
    Current Status
    Now restored and open as the Sturgis One-Room School House Museum.
    Source
    https://aaregistry.org/story/the-sturgis-one-room-school-opens/
    Additional Information
    One-room schoolhouse.
    State
    Maryland
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  • Record #70
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Blackwater Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Powell Farm Road, Clarksville
    Date Opened
    1922
    Current Status
    Burned down in 1952
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Blackwater Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Powell Farm Road, Clarksville
    Date Opened
    1922
    Current Status
    Burned down in 1952
    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, 121.
    Additional Information
    Originally a one-room school, later an addition made it a two-room school. Union Wesley United Methodist Church was built on the site of Blackwater's grounds in 1959.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #71
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Bridgeville Colored School
    Location
    Bridgeville
    Date Opened
    ca. 1867
    Current Status
    Building demolished and replaced with DuPont construction, see related records.
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Bridgeville Colored School
    Location
    Bridgeville
    Date Opened
    ca. 1867
    Current Status
    Building demolished and replaced with DuPont construction, see related records.
    Source
    Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999), 13-14. Showell et al, DuPont “Colored” Schools, 1920-1931: An Architectural Survey Report, 123.
    Additional Information
    Building materials obtained from Freedman's Bureau, one story building.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #72
    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.
    State
    Delaware
    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.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #73
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Concord Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Henry Drive, Concord
    Date Opened
    1922
    Current Status
    No longer standing, demolished towards the end of the 20th century. Foundation is still visible.
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Concord Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Henry Drive, Concord
    Date Opened
    1922
    Current Status
    No longer standing, demolished towards the end of the 20th century. Foundation is still visible.
    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, 125.
    Additional Information
    Two-room school. Built near the cemetery of Mount Cavalry AME Church in Concord.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #74
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Ellendale Colored School
    Location
    Ellendale
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Ellendale Colored School
    Location
    Ellendale
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999), 8.
    Additional Information
    replaced by 1923 DuPont school in Ellendale
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #75
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Ellendale Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    N. Old State Road, Ellendale
    Date Opened
    1923
    Current Status
    Still standing, the building now houses the New Hope Recreation and Development Center
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Ellendale Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    N. Old State Road, Ellendale
    Date Opened
    1923
    Current Status
    Still standing, the building now houses the New Hope Recreation and Development Center
    Source
    Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999): 59, 69. Showell et al, DuPont “Colored” Schools, 1920-1931: An Architectural Survey Report, 128.
    Additional Information
    Two-room school. According to New Hope, closed during desegregation of schools.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #76
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Frankford Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Frankford School Road
    Date Opened
    Built 1920-21
    Current Status
    Still standing, and still in operation as a school. Now named the George Washington Carver Educat…
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Frankford Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Frankford School Road
    Date Opened
    Built 1920-21
    Current Status
    Still standing, and still in operation as a school. Now named the George Washington Carver Educational Center.
    Source
    Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999): 57, 60, 69. Showell et al, DuPont “Colored” Schools, 1920-1931: An Architectural Survey Report, 129.
    Additional Information
    Originally built as a two-room school, by 1922 a third room was added. Over next several decades, several more wings and additions were added.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #77
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Georgetown Colored School
    Location
    Georgetown
    Date Opened
    Open by 1867
    Current Status
    Replaced by DuPont construction in the 1920s
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Georgetown Colored School
    Location
    Georgetown
    Date Opened
    Open by 1867
    Current Status
    Replaced by DuPont construction in the 1920s
    Source
    Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999), 18-19.
    Additional Information
    One-room, one story school. A white mob attacked the teacher's boarding house in June of 1867 which lead to the teacher to quit, temporarily leaving the Georgetown School without a teacher.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #78
    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 …
    State
    Delaware
    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.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #79
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Greenwood Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    N 1st Street, Greenwood
    Date Opened
    1922
    Current Status
    No longer standing, demolished in the mid 90s
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Greenwood Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    N 1st Street, Greenwood
    Date Opened
    1922
    Current Status
    No longer standing, demolished in the mid 90s
    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, 125.
    Additional Information
    Two-room school house
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #80
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Laurel-Paul Laurence Dunbar School (DuPont)
    Location
    W. 6th Street, Laurel
    Date Opened
    1921
    Current Status
    Still standing in original location, served as a school until 2018.
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Laurel-Paul Laurence Dunbar School (DuPont)
    Location
    W. 6th Street, Laurel
    Date Opened
    1921
    Current Status
    Still standing in original location, served as a school until 2018.
    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,
    135.
    Additional Information
    Originally built as a four-room school, then renovated into a six-room school. Current size much larger after decades of additions.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #81
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Lewes Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Dupont Ave, Lewes
    Date Opened
    Built 1923
    Current Status
    Still standing, now known as the Frederick D. Thomas Building
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Lewes Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Dupont Ave, Lewes
    Date Opened
    Built 1923
    Current Status
    Still standing, now known as the Frederick D. Thomas Building
    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, 137.
    Additional Information
    Originally built as a three-room school, current building is much larger due to extensive additions and renovations.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #83
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Millsboro Colored School
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    Built 1920-21
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Millsboro Colored School
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    Built 1920-21
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    African American Education in Delaware, Bradley Skelcher 1999
    Additional Information
    –
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #84
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Milton Colored School
    Location
    Milton, on the public road between Milton and Waples Mill
    Date Opened
    ca. 1868
    Current Status
    Replaced by DuPont Construction
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Milton Colored School
    Location
    Milton, on the public road between Milton and Waples Mill
    Date Opened
    ca. 1868
    Current Status
    Replaced by DuPont Construction
    Source
    Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999), 16.
    Additional Information
    Lumber supplied by Freedman's Bureau, trustees of the school supplied other building materials.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #85
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Milton Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Milton
    Date Opened
    Built 1921
    Current Status
    Demolished in the mid-2000s
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Milton Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Milton
    Date Opened
    Built 1921
    Current Status
    Demolished in the mid-2000s
    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, 142.
    Additional Information
    196-C. Two-room school.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #86
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Nassau Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Lewes Georgetown Road, Lewes
    Date Opened
    Built 1922
    Current Status
    Still standing as of 2019, vacant and owned by Delaware Department of Education
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Nassau Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Lewes Georgetown Road, Lewes
    Date Opened
    Built 1922
    Current Status
    Still standing as of 2019, vacant and owned by Delaware Department of Education
    Source
    Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999), 69-70. Showell et al, DuPont “Colored” Schools, 1920-1931: An Architectural Survey Report, 143.
    Additional Information
    Two-room school.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #87
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Owen’s Corner School (DuPont)
    Location
    White Deer Road, Delmar
    Date Opened
    Built 1923
    Current Status
    Still standing, now under the care of Mt. Nebo Methodist Church in Delmar.
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Owen’s Corner School (DuPont)
    Location
    White Deer Road, Delmar
    Date Opened
    Built 1923
    Current Status
    Still standing, now under the care of Mt. Nebo Methodist Church in Delmar.
    Source
    Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999): 13. Showell et al, DuPont “Colored” Schools, 1920-1931: An Architectural Survey Report, 144.
    Additional Information
    213-C. Two-room school.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #88
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Portsville School (DuPont)
    Location
    Mt. Pleasant Rd, Laurel
    Date Opened
    Built 1922
    Current Status
    Demolished in 1960s, no longer standing
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Portsville School (DuPont)
    Location
    Mt. Pleasant Rd, Laurel
    Date Opened
    Built 1922
    Current Status
    Demolished in 1960s, no longer standing
    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, 145.
    Additional Information
    One-room school house.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #89
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Rabbit’s Ferry New Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Robinsonville Road, Lewes
    Date Opened
    Built 1922
    Current Status
    Still standing, now the Rabbit's Ferry Community Center.
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Rabbit’s Ferry New Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Robinsonville Road, Lewes
    Date Opened
    Built 1922
    Current Status
    Still standing, now the Rabbit's Ferry Community Center.
    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, 146.
    Additional Information
    One-room school.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #90
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Rabbit’s Ferry Old Colored School
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Rabbit’s Ferry Old Colored School
    Location
    –
    Date Opened
    –
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999), 50.
    Additional Information
    Either replaced by or operated concurrently with the DuPont Rabbitt's Ferry School for a period of time, photos show that both buildings existed at the same time.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #91
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Rehoboth Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Currently standing on Oyster House Rd, Rehoboth Beach
    Date Opened
    Built 1923
    Current Status
    Still standing, now the Faith UMC Fellowship Hall
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Rehoboth Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Currently standing on Oyster House Rd, Rehoboth Beach
    Date Opened
    Built 1923
    Current Status
    Still standing, now the Faith UMC Fellowship Hall
    Source
    Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999): 61, 69. Showell et al, DuPont “Colored” Schools, 1920-1931: An Architectural Survey Report, 147.
    Additional Information
    200-C. Moved from its original site on Church Street in the 1960s. Two-room school.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #92
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Ross Point Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Trap Pond Road, Laurel
    Date Opened
    Built 1922
    Current Status
    While placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001, was demolished due to neglect b…
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Ross Point Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Trap Pond Road, Laurel
    Date Opened
    Built 1922
    Current Status
    While placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001, was demolished due to neglect by 2012.
    Source
    Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999), 69, 77. Showell et al, DuPont “Colored” Schools, 1920-1931: An Architectural Survey Report, 148.
    Additional Information
    215-C. One-room school.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #93
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Seaford Colored School
    Location
    North Street, Seaford
    Date Opened
    Built 1867
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Seaford Colored School
    Location
    North Street, Seaford
    Date Opened
    Built 1867
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999), 16.
    Additional Information
    One room school, supported by Delaware Association and Freedman's Bureau. Founding trustees were Noah Blockson, Emory Gaines, Joseph Green, Bryan Phillips, and Dennis Fooks
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #94
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Selbyville Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Bob Jack Lane, Selbyville
    Date Opened
    Built 1920
    Current Status
    Still standing, but extensively altered. Now a private residence.
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Selbyville Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Bob Jack Lane, Selbyville
    Date Opened
    Built 1920
    Current Status
    Still standing, but extensively altered. Now a private residence.
    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, 155.
    Additional Information
    226-C. Additions/modifications include roof raised, at least two additions, and an enclosure of the porch.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #95
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Slaughter Neck Colored School (Old)
    Location
    Slaughter Neck, north side of the public road that ran through town near the properties of Elias …
    Date Opened
    Built 1867, burnt down by white mob, rebuilt
    Current Status
    –
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Slaughter Neck Colored School (Old)
    Location
    Slaughter Neck, north side of the public road that ran through town near the properties of Elias T. Bennett and Charles M. Shockely
    Date Opened
    Built 1867, burnt down by white mob, rebuilt
    Current Status
    –
    Source
    Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999), 18.
    Additional Information
    Directly after the completion of construction, a group of young white men, "known to be hostile," set the school on fire. Students and teachers used a local Methodist church as a classroom until the school was rebuilt the following year. Initial and secondary construction assisted by Freedman's Bureau.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #96
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Trinity Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Near Trinity Church Road, Bridgeville
    Date Opened
    Built 1923
    Current Status
    Demolished in the 1950s
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Trinity Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Near Trinity Church Road, Bridgeville
    Date Opened
    Built 1923
    Current Status
    Demolished in the 1950s
    Source
    Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999): 60, 69. Showell et al, DuPont “Colored” Schools, 1920-1931: An Architectural Survey Report, 152.
    Additional Information
    Two-room school
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #97
    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.
    State
    Delaware
    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.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #98
    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.
    State
    Delaware
    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.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #99
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Warwick #2
    Location
    Warwick
    Date Opened
    ca. 1880s
    Current Status
    Replaced by Warwick-Harmon School in Millsboro in 1920s
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Sussex County
    School Name
    Warwick #2
    Location
    Warwick
    Date Opened
    ca. 1880s
    Current Status
    Replaced by Warwick-Harmon School in Millsboro in 1920s
    Source
    Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999), 36.
    Additional Information
    Formed in response to Delaware's classification of Native Americans as "colored" in 1881; Nanticoke and other Native American children primarily attended this school.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #100
    County
    Kent County
    School Name
    Berrytown Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Intersection of Berrytown and Indian Runner Roads, Felton
    Date Opened
    Built 1923
    Current Status
    No longer standing, torn down between 1982 and 1992.
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Kent County
    School Name
    Berrytown Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Intersection of Berrytown and Indian Runner Roads, Felton
    Date Opened
    Built 1923
    Current Status
    No longer standing, torn down between 1982 and 1992.
    Source
    Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999): 69, 76. DuPont “Colored” Schools, 1920-1931: An Architectural Survey Report, 64.
    Additional Information
    One-room school form.
    State
    Delaware
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  • Record #101
    County
    Kent County
    School Name
    Blackiston Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Millington Rd, Clayton
    Date Opened
    Built 1922
    Current Status
    Still standing in original location, now a private home
    State
    Delaware
    State
    Delaware
    County
    Kent County
    School Name
    Blackiston Colored School (DuPont)
    Location
    Millington Rd, Clayton
    Date Opened
    Built 1922
    Current Status
    Still standing in original location, now a private home
    Source
    Bradley Skelcher, African American Education in Delaware (Wilmington: Delaware Heritage Press, 1999): 69, 72, 75. DuPont “Colored” Schools, 1920-1931: An Architectural Survey Report, 65.
    Additional Information
    One-room school form.
    State
    Delaware
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