Williams School in Cameron, Oklahoma was a Works Progress Administration project that was built in 1936. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
Williams School | |
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| Nearest city | Cameron, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates | 35°9′59″N 94°32′59″W / 35.16639°N 94.54972°W |
| Built | 1936 |
| Built by | Works Progress Administration |
| Architect | Okla. State Dept. of Education |
| MPS | WPA Public Bldgs., Recreational Facilities and Cemetery Improvements in Southeastern Oklahoma, 1935--1943 TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88001408[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 8, 1988 |
It was deemed significant for its character (in architecture), for its construction having provided jobs for destitute laborers "close to the edge of starvation", for providing a better learning environment, and for helping "to instill a sense of pride within the community."[2]
It is a one-story hipped-roof 401-by-72-foot (122 by 22 m) building with native sandstone walls.[2]
Its design is from an Oklahoma State Department of Education pattern book.[2]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Williams School". National Park Service. 1988. Retrieved October 2, 2016. with two photos from 1984