P. S. Dupont High School is a historic

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building located at Wilmington,

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. It was built in 1934, and is a four-story, "E"-shaped, red brick building in a

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/ Neo-Georgian style. It has a

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covered with dark reddish-brown shingles, topped by a wood, three-level tower and

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that ends in a multiple-sided, bell-like copper roof and

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. The school is named for

Pierre S. du Pont Pierre Samuel du Pont (; January 15, 1870 – April 4, 1954) was an American entrepreneur, businessman, philanthropist and member of the prominent du Pont family. He was president of DuPont from 1915 to 1919, and served on its board of director ...

(1870–1954). and It was one of three traditional public high schools in Wilmington, and initially did not accept black students, who were required to go to Howard High School. It was disestablished after Wilmington was divided into multiple school districts in the 1980s. It was added to the

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in 1986. The school is currently used as a middle school in the

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Colonial Revival architecture in Delaware School buildings completed in 1934 Schools in Wilmington, Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Wilmington, Delaware Public Works Administration in Delaware 1934 establishments in Delaware Public high schools in Delaware {{Delaware-school-stub