Property Name:STROUD GRADE SCHOOL
Resource Name:STROUD GRADE SCHOOL
Address: 4TH STREET AND 1ST AVENUE
City: STROUD
Vicinity: None
County: Lincoln
Lot: None
Block: None
Plate Name: None
Section: None
Township: None
Range: None
Restype: Building
Historic Function: Education
Current Function: Education
Area of Significance 1: Economics
Area of Significance 2: Education
Description of Significance: IN JULY 1940, THE STROUD NEWSPAPER ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR A NEW, WPA-CONSTRUCTED, SIX-ROOM GRADE SCHOOL TO "RELIEVE CONGESTED CONDITIONS." THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW BUILDING PRODUCED NOT ONLY NEEDED JOBS FOR LOCAL MEN BUT ALSO INCREASED THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA. THE BUILDING PROJECT FUTHER RESUTLED IN AND IMPROVED EDUCATIONNAL FACILITY WHICH INCREASED THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN LINCOLN COUNTY WHILE ALSO PROVIDING AND ENHANCED SPACE FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS.
Document Source: LINCOLN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA HISTORYTHE FARMER&#39S WEEKLY STROUD DEMOCRAT
Name Preparer: CYNTHIA SMELKER
Survey Provider: YES
Project Name: OKLAHOMA PRESERVATION SURVEY
Date Prepared: JULY 1, 1993
Photograph: Yes
Year: FEBRUARY 10, 1993
Arch build: KOBERLING AND FLEMING, ARCHITECTSWPA, BUILDER
Year Built: 1941
Original Site: Yes
Date Moved: None
From Where: None
Accessible: Yes
Arch Style: 80
Other Arch Style: None
Foundation Material: Concrete
Roof Type: None
Roof Material: Asphalt
Wall material 1: Sandstone
Wall material 2: No Data
Window Type: None
Window Material: No Data
Door Type: None
Door Material: No Data
External Features: None
Internal Features: None
Des Detail: None
Condition: No Data
Description of Resource: THE RECTANGUALR, ONE- STORY BUILDING IS TOPPED BY A FLAT ROOF. THE WALLS ARE BUILT OF POLYCHROMATIC NATIVE SANDSTONE. THE BUILDING&#39S PLAN DIVIDES THE SIX-ROOM SCHOOL INTO THREE ROOMS ON THE NORTH SIDE AND THREE ON THE SOUTH.
Comments: None
Placement: None
Listed on National Registry?: No Data
National Register Entry: No Data
Continuation: None
Date Updated: 2017-07-12 12:19:05.000
Latitude: 0.00000
Long: 0.00000
UTM Zone: Easting: None
Northing: None
Year Closed: None
