{"nrhp_refnum":"01001135","name":"Delgrado School","other_names":["Washington Catlett School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1930 Colwell Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilmington","county":"New Hanover County","state":"NC","lat":34.22947013000004,"lon":-77.92233407499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-10-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, Neo-classical Revival brick school of about 13,000 square feet at 1930 Colwell Avenue in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, built in 1914 in the former Delgado Mill Village and enlarged in 1924, 1938 and 1953.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is locally significant under Criterion A for education, as a public school serving the Delgado mill village from 1914, and under Criterion C as one of only three surviving early public schools in the county with classical design. It was built as a smaller, stately school unlike the larger consolidated schools that followed.","narrative":"Built in 1914 to serve the Delgado Mill Village in Wilmington, this one-story red brick school replaced an earlier wood frame schoolhouse and was designed by architect James F. Gause Jr. Its Neo-classical Revival character is most visible in the symmetrical form and the front pavilion with Doric columns, pediment, triglyphs and a circular gable window. Additions followed in 1924 (an auditorium and central classrooms), 1938 (east and west wings, a Public Works Administration project) and 1953 (a kitchen), all compatible with the original design. Children were taught here until 1968, and the building later served as a special-needs school and an audiovisual warehouse. Its significance rests on its role in public education tied to the mill village and on its architecture, as one of only three surviving early public schools in New Hanover County with classical design. It is being rehabilitated as housing.","period_of_significance":"1914-1951 (education); 1914-1938 (architecture)","architect_builder":"Gause, James F., Jr.; McCarl, Roger C.; Boney, Leslie N., Sr.","architectural_style":"Neo-classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Under rehabilitation as housing (1999-2000) after being left vacant for over twenty years following its use as a school and school system warehouse.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.421642-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/44/7215/47721544/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/01001135.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001135/6f9c44bb12-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001135/6f9c44bb12-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Coreymchandler","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delgrado_School_Medium_shot.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Coreymchandler</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delgrado_School_Medium_shot.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721544","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delgrado_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19461313"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/new-hanover-county/delgrado-school-01001135/"}