Pleasant Valley School (Stillwater, Oklahoma)

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Location1901 S. Sangre Rd., Payne County, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Coordinates 36°6′2″N97°6′16″W / 36.10056°N 97.10444°W / 36.10056; -97.10444
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1899
NRHP reference No. 90002182 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 25, 1991

The Pleasant Valley School building is an example of a one-room country school that was common throughout Oklahoma during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The building was built in 1899 and continued to function as a one-room school until 1941. It remains the only extant one-room, frame school building in Payne County. It is one of the very few in Oklahoma still located on its original site and still playing the role of an educational and social center. [1] [2]

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Pleasant Valley School, Stillwater, Oklahoma

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Oberlender, Garold (August 1, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Pleasant Valley School". National Park Service . Retrieved November 11, 2014. and 7 photos