P. S. Dupont High School

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]

P. S. Dupont High School
Pierre S. Dupont High School
Location701 W. 34th St.,[1]
Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates39°45′51″N 75°32′0″W
Area10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1934 (1934)
Built bySmith, Karno
ArchitectMartin, E. William
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Neo-Georgian
Websitehttp://www.brandywineschools.org/Domain/760
NRHP reference No.86002917[2]
Added to NRHPOctober 23, 1976

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]

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