Property Name:EL RENO SCHOOLS
Resource Name:ETTA DALE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Address: 601 SOUTH CHOCTAW
City: EL RENO
Vicinity: No Data
County: Canadian
Lot: 12 -22
Block: 147
Plate Name: JENSEN'S PART OF ELRENO ORIGIN
Section: 9
Township: 12N
Range: 7W
Restype: Building
Historic Function: School
Current Function: School
Area of Significance 1: Architecture
Area of Significance 2: Education
Description of Significance: ETTA DALE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IS AN EXAMPLE OF A 1930S SCHOOL WITH ART DECO INFLUENCE. LAYTON AND FORSYTH DESIGNED THIS BUILDING. NAMED FOR A LONGTIME EL RENO TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL WHO TAUGHT IN THE CITY FROM 1892 - 1944.
Document Source: PLAQUE INSIDE BUILDING; CANADIAN COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Name Preparer: SUSAN ALLEN
Survey Provider: YES
Project Name: EL RENO AND CANADIAN COUNTY
Date Prepared: JULY 1988
Photograph: Yes
Year: 1988
Arch build: LAYTON AND FORSYTH
Year Built: 1936
Original Site: Yes
Date Moved: No Data
From Where: No Data
Accessible: Yes
Arch Style: 73
Other Arch Style: Not Applicable
Foundation Material: Concrete
Roof Type: Flat
Roof Material: Asphalt
Wall material 1: Brick
Wall material 2: No Data
Window Type: FIXED; AWNING; DOUBLE-HUNG
Window Material: Metal
Door Type: GLAZED SLAB
Door Material: Metal
External Features: MAIN BUILDING TWO STORY WITH ONE STORY ADDITION, LARGE WINDOWS, FLAT ROOF
Internal Features: LINOLEUM TILE AND HARDWOOD FLOORS
Des Detail: BLONDE BRICK, STONE SCROLLS AND FLUTING AROUND UPPER CORNERS OF THE SECOND STORY WINDOWS
Condition: Good (very well maintained)
Description of Resource: ALL WINDOWS IN THE NORTH ELEVATION HAVE BEEN BRICKED IN, EXCEPT FOR ONE DOUBLE-HUNG WINDOW WHICH IS NOW THERMAL, AS HAVE WINDOWS ON THE WEST ELEVATION OF THE NORTH WING. THESE WERE TALL WINDOWS. WINDOWS IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE WEST ELEVATION ARE
Comments: THIS BUILDING DOES NOT WARRANT FURTHER INVESTIGATION DUE TO ALTERATIONS.
Placement: None
Listed on National Registry?: No
National Register Entry: No Data
Continuation: None
Date Updated: 2016-08-12 09:51:11.000
Latitude: 35.52848
Long: -97.95471
UTM Zone: Easting: None
Northing: None
Year Closed: None
