- City:
- Weleetka, OK
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Between 1936 and 1940, the WPA constructed a classroom building, an auditorium and a gymnasium at the Weleetka campus. The buildings are still standing, amidst a number of more recent constructions. The 1985 Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory described the WPA structures:
“The first is the classroom building which has eight rooms and is a single-story, T-shaped (87′ x 111′) building constructed of cut, coursed, and rusticated native stone of buff color…
The auditorium is a single-story, rectangular (94′ x 56′) building which is stepped on the south side… The roof is flat with parapets. The entrance has an art deco flavor…
The gymnasium is a single-story, rectangular (51′ x 78′) building… The roof is arched and has parapets.”
Source notes
WPA Region Reports - Okfuskee County https://www.okgenweb.org/~okokfusk/schools/weleetka.htmContribute to this Site
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