The Summerfield School, located off US 271 in
Summerfield, Oklahoma
Summerfield is an unincorporated community in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States.
Summerfield was the name of an early settler who operated a commissary.
It is the location of the Summerfield School, built in 1937, which is listed on the ...
, USA, was built in 1937 as a
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 ...
project. 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 v ...
in 1988.
[
It is a single-story ]hipped-roof
A hip roof, hip-roof or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope (although a tented roof by definition is a hipped roof with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak). Thus, ...
four-room building built of native 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 design is from an Oklahoma State Dept. of Education pattern book.[
It was deemed significant because its construction provided jobs, for providing a better learning environment for children, and for its architectural uniqueness within its community.][ with ]
See also
*Williams School (Cameron, Oklahoma)
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.
It was deemed significant for its character (in architecture), for its co ...
References
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma
School buildings completed in 1937
Buildings and structures in Le Flore County, Oklahoma
Works Progress Administration in Oklahoma
National Register of Historic Places in Le Flore County, Oklahoma
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