Exterior view of Blackwater Colored School prior to new construction

1920

1929

One-room schoolhouse in Sussex County prior to construction of new building.

#218 - D-11 on Franklin Map of 1930. The address of the school is 34478 Roxana Rd. Frankford, Delaware, which is Rt. 17 between Clarksville and Roxana.
The school was built in 1892, serving the community to 1925. This school was part of the compound that serves the Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church and includes the Wesley Camp Ground and the Wesley Cemetery. In 2010, the school, the last of the remaining school buildings built during the post Civil War era, was used for church functions and as a boarding tent for the Wesley Camp Meetings, according to Preservation Delaware information.

African Americans--Education--Delaware
Blacks--Education--Delaware
African American schools--Delaware
Segregation in education--Delaware
African Americans--Education (Elementary)

Delaware School Auxiliary Association
Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-​1954-​-​Contributions in education.

photographic prints

English

still image

1 gelatin silver print : b&w

reformatted digital

Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library

Delaware School Auxiliary Association photographs (Accession 1969.044)

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Box 1

[Description and dates], Hagley ID, Box/folder number, Delaware School Auxiliary Association photographs (Accession 1969.044), Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, DE 19807

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