Williams School (Cameron, Oklahoma)

Williams School
Nearest cityCameron, Oklahoma
Coordinates35°9′59″N 94°32′59″W / 35.16639°N 94.54972°W / 35.16639; -94.54972
Built1936
Built byWorks Progress Administration
ArchitectOkla. State Dept. of Education
MPSWPA Public Bldgs., Recreational Facilities and Cemetery Improvements in Southeastern Oklahoma, 1935--1943 TR
NRHP reference No.88001408[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1988

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]

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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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c "Williams School". National Park Service. 1988. Retrieved October 2, 2016. with two photos from 1984