P. S. Dupont High School

P. S. Dupont High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pierre S. Dupont High School
Location	701 W. 34th St.,[1] Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates	39°45′51″N 75°32′0″W / 39.76417°N 75.53333°WCoordinates: 39°45′51″N 75°32′0″W / 39.76417°N 75.53333°W
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1934
Built by	Smith, Karno
Architect	Martin, E. William
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Neo-Georgian
NRHP Reference #	86002917[2]
Website	http://www.brandywineschools.org/Domain/760
Added to NRHP	October 23, 1986

P. S. Dupont High School is a historic high school building located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1934, and is a four-story, "E"-shaped, red brick building in a Colonial Revival / Neo-Georgian style. It has a hipped roof covered with dark reddish-brown shingles, topped by a wood, three-level tower and cupola that ends in a multiple sided, bell-like copper roof and weather vane. The school is named for Pierre S. duPont (1870–1954).^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[2] The school is currently used as a middle school in the Brandywine School District.^[1]

References

1. "P.S. duPont Middle School". Brandywine School District. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
2. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
3. Stephen G. Delsordo and Patricia A. Maley (June 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: P. S. Dupont High School" (PDF). and Accompanying 33 photos