National Register Record for COTTONWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER

Historic Name: COTTONWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER
Current Name: SAME
Address: 4 MILES WEST AND 2 MILES NORTH OF STILLWATER
City: STILLWATER            County: PAYNE
Section: 1           Township: 19N           Range: 1E          
Description of significance: THIS PROPERTY IS SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF STILLWATER'S RURAL AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY. COTTONWOOD IS THE ONLY ONE OF THE FOUR REMAINING ONE ROOM SCHOOLS IN THE AREA THAT HAS BEEN IN CONTINUOUS USE FROM THE TIME THAT

Type: B BUILDING
Historic Function: 05A SCHOOL
Current Function: 03 SOCIAL
Area of Significance 1: 030 ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: 140 EXPLORATION / SETTLEMENT
Architectural Style: 80 OTHER (ONE-ROOM SCHOOL)
Architect: None
Year Built: 1889            Original Site: NO
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: INTERVIEWS: MRS. C.P. WEATHERS, STILLWATER, OK, 4/25/1978; GERALD AND VELMA BILYEU, STILLWATER, OK, 4/26/1978; FERN PAYNE, STILLWATER, OK, 4/26/1978 ; BERLIN B. CHAPMAN, "THE FOUNDING OF STILLWATER", (OKLAHOMA CITY: TIMES JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. 1948)
Date Prepared: 10/1978