Snow School is a historic school building in the rural community of

Snow, Oklahoma Snow is an unincorporated community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States, 18 miles northeast of Antlers. Snow is located at . A United States Post Office was established here on July 21, 1930 and was named for George Snow, local residen ...

, approximately 18 miles north of Antlers, Oklahoma. The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

History

Snow was originally a small community located amid the timber lands of the Kiamichi Mountains. It possessed a school, stores, churches, and homes. During recent decades the school closed; its students are bused to public schools in Antlers. Its school was maintained by the community, which also hired and provided a salary for its teacher. Teachers during the community's early days were not required to possess formal education degrees conferred by universities; some were only high school graduates.

The school

Built from a pattern book created by the

Oklahoma Department of Education The Oklahoma State Department of Education is the state education agency of the State of Oklahoma charged with determining the policies and directing the administration and supervision of the public school system of Oklahoma. The State Board of Ed ...

, Snow School was initially a two-room structure. It was built of native sandstone and has a hipped roof (also called a hip roof) with a central gable—an unusual architectural feature in

Pushmataha County Pushmataha County is a county in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,572. Its county seat is Antlers. The county was created at statehood from part of the former territory of the C ...

. It was constructed during 1936-37 by local men. The Works Progress Administration, a

Great Depression The Great Depression (19291939) was an economic shock that impacted most countries across the world. It was a period of economic depression that became evident after a major fall in stock prices in the United States. The economic contagio ...

-era federal government agency, was responsible for its construction.Nomination form prepared in 1988 for Snow School. Courtesy NRHP archive, Washington, D.C. The WPA's school at Snow is one of several built in the county. Other notable WPA school buildings were built in Antlers, Clayton, Fewell, Kellond, Jumbo, Moyers, and Rattan. School buildings in Antlers and Clayton are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. More information on Snow may be found in the

Pushmataha County Historical Society The Pushmataha County Historical Society is a historical society devoted to collecting and preserving the history of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It is headquartered in the historic Frisco Depot in Antlers, Oklahoma, which it operates as a public ...

References

{{NRHP in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma School buildings completed in 1937 School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Buildings and structures in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma Defunct schools in Oklahoma Works Progress Administration in Oklahoma National Register of Historic Places in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma