Iron Hill School No. 112C was one of the schools built for black school children in Delaware by philanthropist Pierre S. duPont as part of a $100 million project to equalize conditions and resources in Delaware black and white community schools. Completed in 1923 at a cost of $9,000.00, the building operated until educational segregation was abolished at this site in 1965. It is the only intact and well preserved school remaining from this historic era of educational equality and civil rights in Delaware. Since 1969, the building has housed the Delaware Academy of Science's Iron Hill Museum, where great care was taken to preserve the original structure while converting it into one of New Castle County's oldest science museums. Since its inception, it has hosted over half a million school children learning about science, history and technology. A new Science Center will feature rotating exhibits with programs providing learning opportunities and explorations in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, while the previous exhibit space in the school building will be restored to highlight its use as a schoolhouse for Black children during the period of educational segregation in Delaware and to include exhibits about the unique attributes of Iron Hill that attracted groups of people to the Pencader region as early as 10,000 years ago.