Frederick Douglass School

Frederick Douglass School is a Delaware historical marker in Seaford, Sussex County, dedicated 2020.

Sussex County · dedicated 2020 · 1 Swain Road, Seaford

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The Frederick Douglass School educated African American students in Seaford from 1922-1966. Professor Robert W. Thomas Sr. served as the only principal during that time. Built as part of philanthropist Pierre S. du Pont’s school rebuilding program, Frederick Douglass initially educated grades 1-11. Renovations in 1956 expanded the school’s size to 18 classrooms, with administrative offices, cafeteria, gym, auditorium, home economics room, industrial shop, music room, and library. When a new Seaford High School opened in 1966 and the district restructured, this building was desegregated and became the Frederick Douglass Elementary School.

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