Property Name:WARD SCHOOL
Resource Name:WARD SCHOOL
Address: City: WATTS
Vicinity: V
County: Adair
Lot: Block: Plate Name: Section: SE 1/4,Sec. 33
Township: 19 N
Range: 25 E
Restype: Building
Historic Function: Education
Current Function: Education
Area of Significance 1: No Data
Area of Significance 2: No Data
Description of Significance: NOT ELIGIBLE DUE TO ALTERATIONS
Document Source: OK DEPT OF EDUCATION PATTERN BOOK; ADAIR COUNTY RECORDS;
Name Preparer: Survey Provider: YES
Project Name: WPA
Date Prepared: None
Photograph: false
Year: Arch build: WPA
Year Built: 1939
Original Site: false
Date Moved: From Where: Accessible: false
Arch Style: No Style
Other Arch Style: No Style
Foundation Material: Stone
Roof Type: Gabled
Roof Material: No Data
Wall material 1: Stone
Wall material 2: No Data
Window Type: Window Material: Wood
Door Type: Door Material: Wood
External Features: Internal Features: Des Detail: Condition: Excellent (perfectly maintained)
Description of Resource: THIS THREE-ROOM, T-SHAPED BUILDING MEASURES 124x39 AND IS CONSTRUCTED OF UNCUT AND RANDOMLY LAID MULTICOLORED NATIVE STONE
Comments: THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WARD SCHOOL PROVIDED AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS TO THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING WORK FOR DEPRESSION STRICKEN FARMERS WHOSE WAGES WERE INFUSED BACK INTO THE LOCAL ECONOMY THUS EASING THE BURDENS OF A LIMITED MONEY SUPPLY
Placement: QUAD: CHRISTIE, OK
Listed on National Registry?: false
National Register Entry: No Data
Continuation: STEEPED AND GABLED ROOF WITH PROJECTING EAVES. ARCHED ENTRYWAY; CONCRETE WINDOW SILL AND LINTELS.
Date Updated: 2025-06-23
Latitude: 36.07726
Long: -94.63801
UTM Zone: Easting: Northing: Year Closed:
