National Register Record for WASHINGTON SCHOOL

Historic Name: WASHINGTON SCHOOL
Current Name: SAME
Address: 214 WEST FEDERAL
City: DRUMRIGHT            County: CREEK
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE WASHINGTON SCHOOL WAS CONSTRUCTED DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE BOOM PERIOD FOR THE CUSHING OIL FIELD. BUILT FROM LOCALLY QUARRIED STONE, THIS BUILDING SERVED THE NEEDS OF A RAPIDLY GROWING POPULATION DURING THE BOOM PERIOD AND CONTINUED TO SERVE THE AREA FOR OVER 65 YEARS. NUMEROUS BUILDINGS IN THE AREA WERE BUILT FROM THE SAME STONE, BUT THE SCHOOL IS ONE OF FEW THAT REMAINS TODAY. AARON DRUMRIGHT, FOUNDER OF THE TOWN AND AN INDIVIDUAL INSTRUMENTAL IN OPENING THE CUSHING OIL FIELD, ALSO SPEARHEADED CONSTRUCTION EFFORTS FOR THIS FACILITY. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 1/28/1981. DEMOLISHED 2000.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: EDUCATION: SCHOOL
Current Function: SOCIAL: MEETING HALL
Area of Significance 1: EDUCATION
Area of Significance 2: SOCIAL HISTORY
Architectural Style: NO DISTINCTIVE STYLE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1915            Original Site: YES
Condition: DEMOLISHED
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: INTERVIEW WITH HENRY C. WEIMER, FORMER SUPERINTENDENT OF DRUMRIGHT SCHOOL DISTRICT; LLOYD, HEATHER M. "OKLAHOMA'S CUSHING OIL FIELD," MA THESIS, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1976; MEREDITH HOWARD AND MARY ELLEN, OF THE EARTH: OKLAHOMA ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY
Date Prepared: JULY 1980