Public School No. 19

801 S. Harrison St., Wilmington, Delaware. County/parish: New Castle.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 20, 1984. NRIS 84000453.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • St. Hedwig's High School

From Wikipedia:

Public School No. 19

Public School No. 19, also known as St. Hedwig's High School, is a historic elementary school building located at Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1881, and is a two-story, cruciform-shaped brick building in the Italianate style. It has a low hipped roof and a heavy wood pediment is trimmed with elongated dentils and bracketed cornice returns. It operated as a public school until leased to St. Hedwig's Roman Catholic Church for use as a Catholic high school. St. Hedwig's High School closed in the 1970s and the building converted to offices.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75324315

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