Shady Point School

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Shady Point School
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LocationNE edge of the community, Shady Point, Oklahoma
Coordinates 35°7′56″N94°39′35″W / 35.13222°N 94.65972°W / 35.13222; -94.65972
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1936
Built by Works Progress Administration
ArchitectOkla. State Dept. of Education
MPS WPA Public Bldgs., Recreational Facilities and Cemetery Improvements in Southeastern Oklahoma, 1935-1943 TR
NRHP reference No. 88001405 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1988

The Shady Point School, located on the northeastern edge of the community of Shady Point in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, was built in 1936 as a Works Progress Administration project. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]

It was built to a standard design of the Oklahoma State Department of Education, from its pattern book. [2]

It is a one-story 75 by 44 feet (23 m × 13 m) building built of cut and roughly coursed sandstone, with hipped roof. [2]

It was one of 48 buildings and 11 structures reviewed in a 1985 study of WPA works in southeastern Oklahoma, which led to almost all of them being listed on the National Register in 1988. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 W. David Baird (June 15, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Continuation: Shady Point School". National Park Service . Retrieved June 22, 2017. With two photos from 1984.
  3. W. David Baird (June 15, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) Public Buildings, Recreational Facilities, and Cemetery Improvements in Southeastern Oklahoma, 1935-1943 (Thematic Resources)". National Park Service . Retrieved June 22, 2017.