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Cottonwood Community Center, built about 1889, is significant for its historic associations with the development of 
It was named Cottonwood because there was an abundance of cottonwood from which the center
was constructed, using hand-cut wood.
The building belongs to the School District of Stillwater but the community residents do maintenance and repair. The land belongs to a corporation of community residents.
Cottonwood Community Center, built about 1889, is significant for its historic associations with the development of Stillwater, Oklahoma
Stillwater ( iow, Ñápinⁿje, ''meaning: "Water quiet"'') is a city in, and the county seat of, Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located in north-central Oklahoma at the intersection of U.S. Route 177 and State Highway 51. As of th ...
's rural agricultural community. The center is indicative of school house architecture that was popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s in the Stillwater community.
Of the four remaining one-room school structures in the Stillwater area, only the Cottonwood has been in continuous use from the time it was built to the present. It has been, and continues to be, an important
focus of life for the rural community west of the town. The other one-room school house in Payne County
Payne County is located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 77,350. Its county seat is Stillwater. The county was created in 1890 as part of Oklahoma Territory and is named for Capt. David L. Payne, a lead ...
listed as a National Historic Place is the Pleasant Valley School.
It was named Cottonwood because there was an abundance of cottonwood from which the center
was constructed, using hand-cut wood.
The building belongs to the School District of Stillwater but the community residents do maintenance and repair. The land belongs to a corporation of community residents.
References
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Buildings and structures in Stillwater, Oklahoma National Register of Historic Places in Payne County, Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-NRHP-stub