Johnson School (Millsboro, Delaware)

Johnson School
Location South of junction of Delaware Route 24 and Road 297, near Millsboro, Delaware
Coordinates 38°36′13″N 75°13′50″W / 38.60361°N 75.23056°W / 38.60361; -75.23056Coordinates: 38°36′13″N 75°13′50″W / 38.60361°N 75.23056°W / 38.60361; -75.23056
Area less than one acre
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS Nanticoke Indian Community TR
NRHP Reference # 79003313[1]
Added to NRHP April 26, 1979

Johnson School, also known as Warwick No. 203, is a historic rural school building located near Millsboro, Sussex County, Delaware. was built in the early 1920s, and is a one-story, three bay, frame structure with wood shingles in the Colonial Revival style. It has a gable roof and a features a pedimented entrance portico supported by Doric order 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.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Johnson School" (PDF).


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