Jackson School | |
Location | 415 E. Illinois, Enid, Oklahoma |
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Coordinates | 36°23′7″N 97°49′42″W / 36.38528°N 97.82833°W |
Built | 1936 |
Architect | R.W. Shaw |
Architectural style | Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival[1] |
NRHP reference No. | 89000848 |
Added to NRHP | 1989 |
Jackson School, built in 1936, is located in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma and listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1989. It is one of three Mission/Spanish Colonial buildings in Enid.[1] The other two are the 1928 Rock Island Depot, also listed on the register, and the Ehly house, constructed in 1929 for local J.C. Penney's manager, Gus Ehly.[2] The building is constructed using buff brick and cast stone decorative molding. It has two arched entry ways with red tile shed roofs, a Greek cross in the upper middle section, and cement staircases. The building encompasses Block 16 of Enid's Southern Heights second addition.[1] Its architect Roy Shaw also designed several other Enid school buildings including Enid High School, Adams, Garfield, Roosevelt, and Longfellow.[3] Jackson school served as an all-white school until Enid's schools integrated in 1959. From 1967 to 1969, Jackson and neighboring George Washington Carver, formerly an all-black school, split grades 1-3 and 4–6, respectively, between the two schools, until both were closed in 1969.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination for Jackson School, #89000848 (PDF), National Park Service, 1989, archived from the original (PDF) on June 24, 2010
- ↑ "Roy Norris Designer and Builder of Better Homes, Enid: 1919-1940", EnidHistory.org, LLC, 2004
- ↑ "Architectural/Historical Survey of Certain Parts of Enid," Meacham and Associates, 1992, page 15
- ↑ Historic Resources Survey of the Southern Heights/East Park Project Area, Pt.2, 1997, page 13