Old Newark Comprehensive School

Old Newark Comprehensive School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Old Newark Comprehensive School, April 2010
Location:	83 E. Main St., Newark, Delaware
Coordinates:	39°41′0″N 75°44′58″W / 39.683333°N 75.74944°W / 39.683333; -75.74944Coordinates: 39°41′0″N 75°44′58″W / 39.683333°N 75.74944°W / 39.683333; -75.74944
Area:	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built:	1884
Governing body:	Local
MPS:	Newark MRA
NRHP Reference#:	82002348[1]
Added to NRHP:	May 7, 1982

Old Newark Comprehensive School is a historic commercial building and opera house located at Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was completed in 1884 and is two story, rectangular public building. It has five bays at the original north front facade, with a later addition to the west. It housed elementary school grades from the time of its construction to about 1900. It housed the high school's industrial arts program from 1935 until 1965 and then served as the location of the Christina School District's Administrative offices until 2009.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ unknown (undated). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Old Newark Comprehensive School". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/82002348.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-20.