Property Name:POST OAK SCHOOL, DIST. #121
Resource Name:POST OAK #121 SCHOOL COMPOUND
Address: FROM CACHE, 3 MILES W, 6 MILES SOUTH, .5 MILES WEST
City: CACHE
Vicinity: V
County: Comanche
Lot: None
Block: None
Plate Name: None
Section: SEC 20, SE 1/4 OF SE 1/4 OF SW 1/4
Township: T1N
Range: R14W
Restype: Building
Historic Function: Education
Current Function: Agriculture/Subsistence
Area of Significance 1: Architecture
Area of Significance 2: Education
Description of Significance: NOT ELIGIBLE
Document Source: MOBLEY AND BRINLEE 1967; NORTHCUTT, FISHER, AND BECKMAN 1983; COMANCHE CO. COURTHOUSE RECORDS, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOL RECORDS
Name Preparer: KIM JONES// S. BEARDEN & J. RICKER
Survey Provider: YES
Project Name: WPA SURVEY, III// RURAL SCHOOLS OF SWOK
Date Prepared: JULY 9, 1987// 2/10/1997
Photograph: Yes
Year: 1987//1997
Arch build: WPA APPROPRIATION: $3,556
Year Built: 1936
Original Site: Yes
Date Moved: None
From Where: None
Accessible: Yes
Arch Style: 61
Other Arch Style: Not Applicable
Foundation Material: Concrete
Roof Type: Hipped
Roof Material: Asphalt
Wall material 1: Stucco
Wall material 2: Concrete
Window Type: DOUBLE - HUNG
Window Material: Wood
Door Type: PANELED
Door Material: Wood
External Features: YELLOW-COLORED BRICK CHIMNEY, DOOR HOODS HELD WITH IRON BARS
Internal Features: STUCCOED WALLS, FIBERBOARD CEILING, WOOD FLOOR, CHALKBOARD WEST END
Des Detail: EXTERIOR WALLS HAVE PIERS, 9 CERAMIC TILES SET ON END
Condition: Fair (somewhat in need of maintenance)
Description of Resource: GOLD COLORED STUCCO SCHOOLHOUSE MEASURES 7.6 BY 11.3 METERS PRIMARY ENTRANCE ON EAST AND THE SINGLE CENTERED DOORWAY IS
Comments: IN RECENT YEARS THE SCHOOLHOUSE FUNCTION HAS BEEN CHANGED TO AGRICULTURAL, PRIMARILY STORAGE OF HAY & EQUIPMENT.
Placement: None
Listed on National Registry?: No
National Register Entry: No Data
Continuation: #44: ACCESSABLE BY FOUR CONCRETE STEPS. A 2 METER WIDE SIDEWALK PROCEEDED EASTWARD TO WHAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A DRIVEWAY COVERED WITH PEA-SIZED GRAVEL. THESE FEATURES HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY BECOME MOSTLY BURIED. THE DOORWAY IS FLANKED BY HUNG WINDOWS THAT ARE NOW COVERED WITH HARDWARE CLOTH. THE FACADE IS ADORNED WITH FOUR CONCRETE PIERS. THE NORTH INCLUDES, FROM EAST TO WEST, A PIER, AN OPEN SPACE DECORATED WITH SINGLE TILE, A PIER, A .5 BY 1 METER HOPPER WINDOW SET NEAR THE ROOFLINE, ANOTHER PIER, A SPACE WITH A TILE, A PIER, A SECOND HOPPER WINDOW, ANOTHER PIER, A SPACE WITH ANOTHER TILE, AND ANOTHER PIER ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER. BOTH WINDOWS ON THIS SIDE ARE COVERED WITH HARDWARE CLOTH. THE WEST END HAS NO OPENING BUT IS DECORATED WITH FOUR PIERS AND THREE TILES. THE SOUTH FACE, FROM WEST TO EAST, INCLUDES: A PIER, A SINGLE DOOR ACCESSED BY TWO WRAPAROUND CONCRETE STEPS, A PIER, A SET OF TWO TALL NARROW WINDOWS, A PIER, ANOTHER SET OF TALL WINDOWS, A PIER, A SPACE DECORATED WITH A TILE, AND A PIER ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER. ALL OF THESE WINDOWS ARE ALSO COVERED WITH HARDWARE CLOTH. THE INSIDE OF THE SCHOOLHOUSE IS IN REASONABLY GOOD SHAPE. IT HAD BEEN WIRED FOR ELECTRICITY BUT THE LARGE COAL/WOOD STOVE IS STILL IN PLACE. A PIANO, A FRAGMENT OF A STAGE CURTAIN, AND SEVERAL DOORS ARE BEING STORED INSIDE. THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE ON THE EAST SIDE IS FLANKED INSIDE BY CLOAKROOMS. THE DOORS TO THE CLOACKROOMS ARE UNUSUAL BECAUSE RATHER THAN BEING ON HINGES, SPACE ALLOWANCES RESTRICTED THEM TO BEING ON PIVOTS. A CISTERN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SCHOOLHOUSE IS MOSTLY OBSCURED BY HAY BUT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN 1.5 METERS IN DIAMETER WITH HATCH COVERED BY A GALVANIZED STEEL DOOR.
Date Updated: 2012-03-07 15:09:20.000
Latitude: 0.00000
Long: 0.00000
UTM Zone: Easting: None
Northing: None
Year Closed: None
