The Kinta High School, on OK 2 in

Kinta, Oklahoma Kinta is a town in Haskell County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 297 at the 2010 census, an increase of 22.2 percent over the figure of 243 recorded in 2000. History Kinta was founded in 1901 by George W. Scott, son-in-law of Gree ...

, was built with

Works Progress Administration The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, i ...

funding in 1936. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1988. It is a one-story building, originally with six rooms, built of rusticated, coursed

sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates ...

. Its NRHP nomination describes its masonry as "impressive, especially on the corners. The Richardsonian influence is apparent. The roof is flat with parapets; two front entryways on the west are recessed behind arches. Windows, with concrete sills, are arranged by threes and reach to the level of interior ceilings." With Its construction provided work for unemployed coal miners. The building has been modified with original parapets obscured by a roof and projecting walkway.

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High schools in Oklahoma National Register of Historic Places in Haskell County, Oklahoma Romanesque Revival architecture in Oklahoma School buildings completed in 1936 {{Oklahoma-NRHP-stub