Ross Point School

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Ross Point School

| nrhp_type =

| image = LRWalls-RossPtSchool Site.jpg

| caption = Former location of the building.

| location = Road 448 near junction with Road 62, near Laurel, Delaware

| coordinates = {{coord|38|33|23|N|75|27|15|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Delaware#USA

| built = {{Start date|1922}}

| builder = Guilbert and Betelle, Pierre S. du Pont

| architecture = Colonial Revival

| added = August 17, 2001

| area = {{convert|3.4|acre}}

| refnum = 01000886{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Ross Point School was a historic rural, African-American school building located near Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware. Funding for the building was provided by Pierre S. du Pont. It was built in 1922, and was a rectangular, one-story wood-frame building in the Colonial Revival style. It had a hipped roof and cedar shingle siding. It had an entrance portico with a triangular pediment. The building remained in use as school until September 24, 1964, when it was officially consolidated into the Laurel Special School District.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=01000886}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ross Point School|author=Brian Page|date=November 1999}} and {{NRHP url|id=01000886|title=Accompanying six photos|photos=y}}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. It is listed on the Delaware Cultural and Historic Resources GIS system as destroyed or demolished.{{cite web|title=Ross Point School 215C|url=https://chris-users.delaware.gov/public/#/|website=Delaware Cultural and Historic GIS system|publisher=State of Delaware|accessdate=18 May 2018}}

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