P. S. Dupont High School

P. S. Dupont High School (currently middle school).
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pierre S. Dupont High School, Public Works Administration photo, 1939
Location	Thirty-fourth St. between N. Monroe and N. Franklin Sts., Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates	39°45′51″N 75°32′0″W / 39.76417°N 75.53333°W / 39.76417; -75.53333Coordinates: 39°45′51″N 75°32′0″W / 39.76417°N 75.53333°W / 39.76417; -75.53333
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1934 (1934)
Built by	Smith, Karno
Architect	Martin, E. William
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Neo-Georgian
NRHP Reference #	86002917[1]
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).^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[1]

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