The Pleasant Valley School building is an example of a one-room country school that was common throughout

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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.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Buildings and structures in Stillwater, Oklahoma School buildings completed in 1899 School museums Museums in Payne County, Oklahoma Museums established in 1988 1988 establishments in Oklahoma 1899 establishments in Oklahoma Territory One-room schoolhouses in Oklahoma National Register of Historic Places in Payne County, Oklahoma Tourist attractions in Stillwater, Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-NRHP-stub