Williams School (Cameron, Oklahoma)

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Williams School
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Nearest city Cameron, Oklahoma
Coordinates 35°9′59″N94°32′59″W / 35.16639°N 94.54972°W / 35.16639; -94.54972 Coordinates: 35°9′59″N94°32′59″W / 35.16639°N 94.54972°W / 35.16639; -94.54972
Built1936
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 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. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 "Williams School". National Park Service. 1988. Retrieved October 2, 2016. with two photos from 1984