Booker T. Washington Elementary School (Dover, Delaware)
USA /
Delaware /
Dover /
Dover, Delaware /
Forest Street, 901
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/ USA
/ Delaware
/ Dover
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elementary school, school ground
Formerly West Dover Elementary. Grades K-4.
(302) 672-1900
901 Forest St, Dover, DE 19904
On November 13, 1922, 210 children and 6 teachers marched from two old school buildings located on Slaughter Street and Division Street to a new school for African- American students in Dover. Funding for the building was provided by the Delaware School Auxiliary Association, through the generosity of P. S. duPont. The school was named for Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), a former slave who became the nation’s foremost African-American educator. Originally built for Grades 1-8, this was the state’s largest African-American school at the time of its opening. Grades 9 and 10 were later added. S. Marcellus Blackburn was the school’s first and only principal for forty years. His daily motto was “Lest we forget.” Following integration in 1965, the school became known as West Dover Elementary. The original name was restored in 1998.
archives.delaware.gov/markers/kc/KC-88.shtml#P6_0
csdbtwes.ss19.sharpschool.com/
(302) 672-1900
901 Forest St, Dover, DE 19904
On November 13, 1922, 210 children and 6 teachers marched from two old school buildings located on Slaughter Street and Division Street to a new school for African- American students in Dover. Funding for the building was provided by the Delaware School Auxiliary Association, through the generosity of P. S. duPont. The school was named for Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), a former slave who became the nation’s foremost African-American educator. Originally built for Grades 1-8, this was the state’s largest African-American school at the time of its opening. Grades 9 and 10 were later added. S. Marcellus Blackburn was the school’s first and only principal for forty years. His daily motto was “Lest we forget.” Following integration in 1965, the school became known as West Dover Elementary. The original name was restored in 1998.
archives.delaware.gov/markers/kc/KC-88.shtml#P6_0
csdbtwes.ss19.sharpschool.com/
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°9'35"N 75°32'20"W
- Dover High School 3.3 km
- Smyrna High School 18 km
- Providence Creek Academy 18 km
- Lake Forest High School 19 km
- Fairview Campus - Appoquinimink School District 34 km
- Middletown High School 35 km
- Appoquinimink High School 38 km
- St. George's Technical High School 43 km
- Appoquinimink School District - Summit Campus 44 km
- Hammonton High School 84 km
- William Henry Middle School 0.3 km
- Playtex Products, Inc. 0.7 km
- Wesley College 1 km
- Kraft Heinz Company - Dover Plant 1.3 km
- Central Middle School 1.5 km
- The Woods 2 km
- South Dover Elementary School 2.1 km
- Dover Hundred 4 km
- Little Creek Hundred 6 km
- Kent County, Delaware 6.2 km