Historic Name: SHADY POINT SCHOOL
Current Name: SAME
Address: NE EDGE OF SHADY POINT COMMUNITY
City: SHADY POINT
County: LEFLORE Section: SE 1/4 OF THE SW 1/4 OF SECTION 27
Township: 8N
Range: 25E
Description of significance: SHADY POINT SCHOOL IS A SINGLE-STORY RECTANGULAR BUILDING CONSTRUCTED BY THE WPA IN 1936. CLAD IN CUT AND ROUGHLY COURSED NATIVE SANDSTONE, THIS SCHOOLHOUSE HAS A HIPPED ROOF WITH A GABLED DORMER ABOVE THE FRONT ENTRY. CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING HELPED TO PROVIDE JOBS FOR THE LOCAL UNEMPLOYED, WHO HAD BEEN HIT ESPECIALLY HARD BY THE GREAT DEPRESSION. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 9/8/1988. DESTORYED BY FIRE.
Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: EDUCATION: SCHOOL
Current Function: EDUCATION: SCHOOL
Area of Significance 1: EDUCATION
Area of Significance 2: COMMERCE
Architectural Style: RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1936
Original Site: YES
Condition: NON-EXTANT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: CA 1988