National Register Record for MARKHAM SCHOOL & TEACHERAGE

Historic Name: MARKHAM SCHOOL & TEACHERAGE
Current Name: SAME
Address: SW OF OILTON
City: OILTON VICINITY            County: CREEK
Section: None           Township: 18N           Range: 7E          
Description of significance: THE MARKHAM SCHOOL AND TEACHERAGE ARE THE ONLY EXTANT BUILDINGS LINKED TO THE CITY OF MARKHAM, AN OIL BOOM TOWN TURNED GHOST TOWN. THE MARKHAM SCHOOL SERVED AS BOTH AN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR THE OIL FIELD AND FARMING COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA. IT REACHED A PEAK ENROLLMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 300 STUDENTS IN 1917. THE TEACHERAGE SERVED AS HOUSING FOR MARKHAM TEACHERS, AS MANY AS 12 AT ONE POINT. THE MARKHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS CONSOLIDATED IN THE 1920S AND THE SCHOOL BUILDING CLOSED COMPLETELY IN THE 1940S DUE TO LACK OF ENROLLMENT. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 4/21/1982.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: (SCHOOL) EDUCATION: SCHOOL; (TEACHERAGE) DOMESTIC: INSTITUTIONAL HOUSING
Current Function: (SCHOOL) VACANT/NOT IN USE; (TEACHERAGE) DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING
Area of Significance 1: EDUCATION
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: SCHOOL (NOT COLLECTED); (TEACHERAGE) BUNGALOW/CRAFTSMAN
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: CA 1915            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: 8/1980