- City:
- Oakdale, CA
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1938
- Contractor:
- John M. Carmody - Federal Works Administrator
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Magnolia Elementary school (originally called the Oakdale Union School) was constructed in 1938 with funds from the Public Works Administration (PWA). There is a PWA plaque by the entrance door.
The school building is single-story with one long classroom wing. Behind the main building is a two-story auditorium. The architecture is streamline Moderne, which was nicely highlighted in blue trim when we visited in 2023.
There is a 1938 New Deal mural by Herman Struck in the school.
Source notes
Plaque at entrance to the school.
Site originally submitted by Gray Brechin on June 18, 2010.
Additional contributions by Richard Walker.
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