Property Name:OAK LAWN SCHOOL DIST #273
Resource Name:OAK LAWN COMMUNITY CENTER
Address: None
City: MARLOW
Vicinity: V
County: Stephens
Lot: 3MI W, 1MI S OF MARLOW
Block: AN/A
Plate Name: None
Section: SEC 22, SE 1/4 OF SE1/4 OF SE 1/4
Township: T2N
Range: R8W
Restype: Building
Historic Function: Education
Current Function: Social
Area of Significance 1: No Data
Area of Significance 2: No Data
Description of Significance: SIGNIFICANT DUE TO COMMUNTY SERVICE
Document Source: ABERNATHY AND REASONER 1964; BUBEN 1995; STEPHENS CO. HISTORICAL MUSEUM, COURTHOUSE, AND GENEALOGICAL LIBRARY
Name Preparer: GEORGIA A OHARE// S. BEARDEN & M. S. MYERS
Survey Provider: YES
Project Name: RURAL SCHOOLS OF SWOK
Date Prepared: 6/12/97// 1/10/1997
Photograph: Yes
Year: 1997
Arch build: WPA
Year Built: 1937
Original Site: Yes
Date Moved: None
From Where: None
Accessible: Yes
Arch Style: 80
Other Arch Style: None
Foundation Material: Concrete
Roof Type: Gable
Roof Material: Asphalt
Wall material 1: Sandstone
Wall material 2: No Data
Window Type: DOUBLE HUNG
Window Material: Wood
Door Type: SLAB
Door Material: Steel
External Features: PRIMARY ENTRANCE IS INSET AND PARTIALLY PROTECTED BY GABLE PORCH ROOF
Internal Features: None
Des Detail: SANDSTONE BLOCK ON EACH SIDE OF THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE
Condition: Good (very well maintained)
Description of Resource: 1 STORY SCHOOL THAT SERVED AS A COMMUNITY CENTER AND IS BIENG RESTORED TO ORIGINAL CONDITION
Comments: THE FIRST OAK LAWN SCHOOL WAS CONTRUCTED AROUND 1908, THE WPA BUILT THE CURRENT STRUCTURE IN THE MID 1930S.
Placement: None
Listed on National Registry?: No
National Register Entry: No Data
Continuation: #42: HAS BEEN CUT INTO THE SHAPE OF A FIVE SIDED STAR, THE CONRETE LINTEL FOR THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE HAS "OAK LAWN DIST. 273" INSCRIBED IN BLOCK LETTERS (NOW EMPHASIZED BY PAINT, BLACK-COLORED LETTERS ON A WHITE-COLORED BACKGROUND), ATTIC VENTS ON N&S SIDES ARE WOODEN SLATTED CIRCLES #44: THIS SCHOOL COMPOUND WAS UNDOUBTEDLY LARGER IT IS TODAY. BASICALLY ALL THAT IS PRESERVED IS THE SCHOOLHOUSE, A WATER WELL LOCATION, AND COMPLEX OF CONCRETE SIDEWALKS.
Date Updated: 2012-03-08 09:30:09.000
Latitude: 0.00000
Long: 0.00000
UTM Zone: Easting: None
Northing: None
Year Closed: None
