- City:
- Commerce, OK
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
Located about nine miles east of downtown Miami, Oklahoma, the former Moccasin Bend school building was built by the WPA ca. 1937-40. Built of red native stone, the 70′ x 30′ building was located three miles west of Commerce.
A building fitting much of the description given in the linked historical survey can be found using satellite imagery near given coordinates at the southwest corner of E 60 Rd. and S 530 Rd. Additional information is requested to confirm the identity of the building.
Source notes
https://www.okhistory.org/shpo/wpa/wpa3ottawa.pdf (accessed Mar. 2018)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 4, 2018.
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