National Register Record for PITTSBURG SCHOOL AND GYMNASIUM
ID: 88001415
Historic Name: PITTSBURG SCHOOL AND GYMNASIUM
Current Name: SAME
Address: OFF OK-63
City: PITTSBURG
County: PITTSBURG Section: 20
Township: 3N
Range: 14E
Description of significance: AS A RURAL WPA SCHOOL BUILDING, IT IS REMARKABLE FOR ITS SCALE/SIZE, ITS USE OF BUFF COLORED BRICK, AND ITS ART DECO/MISSION REVIVAL STYLE. TO THE COMMUNITY IT IS UNIQUE ARCHITECTURALLY BECAUSE OF ITS TYPE, STYLE, SCALE AND WORKMANSHIP. BUT THE SCHOOL BUILDING IS ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT PROVIDED WORK OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED COAL MINERS PRIMARILY IN THE PITTSBURG AREA WHO HAD LONG BEEN STATE RELIEF ROOLS, GIVING THEM SOME SELF RESPECT AND A MEASURE OF ECONOMIC SECURITY. IN THAT THE STRUCTURE PROVIDED SPACE FOR A GRADE SCHOOL AND A HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL AS A GYM, IT CONSTITUTED THE BEGINNING OF MODERN EDUCATION IN THE AREA--WHICH IT CONTINUES TO NURTURE. LISTED SEPTEMBER 8, 1988.
Type: BUILDINGS
Historic Function: EDUCATION: SCHOOL
Current Function: EDUCATION: SCHOOL
Area of Significance 1: EDUCATION
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: ART DECO/MISSION REVIVAL
Architect: WPA
Year Built: 1936-37
Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: None
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: 1988