National Register Record for EL RENO HIGH SCHOOL

Historic Name: EL RENO HIGH SCHOOL
Current Name: None
Address: 405 S CHOCTAW
City: EL RENO            County: CANADIAN
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: BUILDING HAS SERVED AS THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR EL RENO SINCE 1911. IT WAS DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECT OF THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING, SOLOMON LAYTON, IN CONJUNCTION WITH S. WEMYSS SMITH, IN THE JACOBETHAN, OR COLLEGIATE GOTHIC STYLE. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 3/3/00.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: SCHOOL
Current Function: SCHOOL
Area of Significance 1: EDUCATION
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: LATE GOTHIC STYLE
Architect: SOLOMON LAYTON & S. WEMYSS SMITH, ARCHITECTS
Year Built: 1911            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: CANADIAN CO CLERK; CITY DIRECTORIES, CARNEGIE LIBRARY; MARY JO NELSON, "SOLOMON LAYTON, ARCHITECT" OF THE EARTH: OKLAHOMA ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY, ED HOWARD L MERIDETH AND MARY ELLEN MERIDETH.; BARKER, "FIRST 100 YEARS"; DALE "FIRST QUARTER CENTURY"
Date Prepared: SEPT 1999