Oakley High School Stadium | |
Location | Oakley, Kansas |
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Coordinates | 39°07′56″N100°51′22″W / 39.132116°N 100.856005°W Coordinates: 39°07′56″N100°51′22″W / 39.132116°N 100.856005°W |
Built | 1939 |
NRHP reference No. | 13000150 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 9, 2013 [1] |
The Oakley High School Stadium, also known as Irwin Stadium, Irwin Field and as KHRI# 109-51, in Oakley, Kansas was built in 1939 by a New Deal works program, the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It has served at football games and track meets from 1939 to date. [2]
The first usage of the stadium was on October 6, 1939, for '"the annual football classic"' between the Oakley Plainsmen versus the Colby Eagles, a night game under new floodlights, in which the Plainsmen were "trounced". [2] : 6
The building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on April 9, 2013. [1] It was deemed locally significant in entertainment and recreation and government, and for its architecture, when considered and nominated as part of a Kansas-wide multiple property submission about New Deal-era historic resources. [2]
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