Clarksville near Millville in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Blackwater Colored School
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 5, 2024
1. Blackwater Colored School Marker
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Blackwater Colored School. . Built in 1892, the Blackwater Colored School is one of the last remaining post-Civil War era colored school buildings in Sussex County. Beginning in the 1920s, schools like Blackwater were replaced by new structures funded by Pierre S. du Pont, who sought to reform the education system in Delaware. The Blackwater Colored School served the community until 1925 when Blackwater 207-C, a DuPont School, was completed. In the year since, the Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church community has preserved the building and used it as part of its camp meeting site where it has served as lodging, meeting space, and kitchen for the camp's members.
Built in 1892, the Blackwater Colored School is one of the last remaining post-Civil War era colored school buildings in Sussex County. Beginning in the 1920s, schools like Blackwater were replaced by new structures funded by Pierre S. du Pont, who sought to reform the education system in Delaware. The Blackwater Colored School served the community until 1925 when Blackwater 207-C, a DuPont School, was completed. In the year since, the Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church community has preserved the building and used it as part of its camp meeting site where it has served as lodging, meeting space, and kitchen for the camp's members.
Erected 2015 by Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number SC-253.)
Location. 38° 32.724′ N, 75° 8.832′ W. Marker is near Millville, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in Clarksville. It is on Powell Farm Road (County Road
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365) 0.1 miles north of Wesley Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 32137 Powell Farm Rd, Frankford DE 19945, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Delawares Beaches. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic, on the Delmarva Peninsula, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 6, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 155 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on October 6, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
