Johnson School, also known as Warwick No. 203, is a historic rural
school
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building located near
Millsboro,
Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in the early 1920s, and is a one-story, three-bay, frame structure with wood shingles in the
Colonial Revival
The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture.
The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the arch ...
style. It has a gable roof and features a pedimented entrance portico supported by
Doric order
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columns and plain pilasters. The Johnson School was a separate educational facility for African Americans, and was attended by some children whose families claimed Indian descent.
It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1979.
References
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
Colonial Revival architecture in Delaware
Schools in Sussex County, Delaware
Nanticoke Indian Association
National Register of Historic Places in Sussex County, Delaware
School buildings completed in the 1920s
1920s establishments in Delaware
Historically segregated African-American schools in Delaware
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