Jackson School | |
Location | 415 E. Illinois, Enid, Oklahoma |
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Coordinates | 36°23′7″N97°49′42″W / 36.38528°N 97.82833°W |
Built | 1936 |
Architect | R.W. Shaw |
Architectural style | Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival [1] |
NRHP reference No. | 89000848 |
Added to NRHP | 1989 |
Jackson School, built in 1936, is located in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma and listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1989. It is one of three Mission/Spanish Colonial buildings in Enid. [1] The other two are the 1928 Rock Island Depot, also listed on the register, and the Ehly house, constructed in 1929 for local J.C. Penney's manager, Gus Ehly. [2] The building is constructed using buff brick and cast stone decorative molding. It has two arched entry ways with red tile shed roofs, a Greek cross in the upper middle section, and cement staircases. The building encompasses Block 16 of Enid's Southern Heights second addition. [1] Its architect Roy Shaw also designed several other Enid school buildings including Enid High School, Adams, Garfield, Roosevelt, and Longfellow. [3] Jackson school served as an all-white school until Enid's schools integrated in 1959. From 1967 to 1969, Jackson and neighboring George Washington Carver, formerly an all-black school, split grades 1-3 and 4–6, respectively, between the two schools, until both were closed in 1969. [4]
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