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Public School No. 111-C

Public School No. 111-C
Public School No. 111-C Christiana Delaware.jpg
Public School No. 111-C, November 2012
Public School No. 111-C is located in Delaware
Public School No. 111-C
Public School No. 111-C is located in the US
Public School No. 111-C
Location 50 N. Old Baltimore Pike, Christiana, Delaware
Coordinates 39°40′07″N 75°39′31″W / 39.66854°N 75.65860°W / 39.66854; -75.65860Coordinates: 39°40′07″N 75°39′31″W / 39.66854°N 75.65860°W / 39.66854; -75.65860
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1923 (1923)
Architect Betelle, James O.
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP reference # 79000625
Added to NRHP October 18, 1979

Public School No. 111-C is a historic rural school building located at Christiana, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1923, and consists of a one story, balloon frame, gambrel-roofed main block containing the classrooms with three small wings housing the furnace room, wash rooms and work and lunch room. The building is in the Colonial Revival style. It is an example of the schools for African American children built in the 1920s by progressive philanthropist Pierre S. du Pont (1870–1954).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.



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