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2300 Dumaine St, New Orleans, LA 70119, USA
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Phillis Wheatley Elementary School is a school in New Orleans. The original school building was designed by the architect Charles Colbert in 1954 as a segregated school for African American students. The cantilevered steel truss structure allows for a covered play space underneath. The primary school building did not flood after Hurricane Katrina, but it remained closed. On June 17, 2011, the school was demolished, despite an 11-hour protest to save the building. In 2014, a newly constructed three-story campus opened to students.
