Ross Point School was a historic rural, African-American

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building located near

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, Sussex County, Delaware. Funding for the building was provided by Pierre S. du Pont. It was built in 1922, and was a rectangular, one-story wood-frame building in the

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style. It had a hipped roof and cedar shingle siding. It had an entrance portico with a triangular pediment. It remained in use as school until September 24, 1964, when it was officially consolidated into the Laurel Special School District. and ' It was added to the

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in 2001. It is listed on the Delaware Cultural and Historic Resources GIS system as destroyed or demolished.

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