| Address: | 304 NE 3rd St, Anadarko, Oklahoma | County: | Caddo |
| Started: | Completed: | 1939 | |
| Agencies: | PWA, WPA | NRHP: | No |
Current Usage
Child Care Center
Description
This is a one story red brick building that is unique not only because it was the segregated school, in a township in 1930s was majority Native-American population, but it initially had large windows and a distinct architectural entrance. Above the windows of the facade are architectural ornaments of portraits depicting Abraham Lincoln on the right and Franklin Roosevelt on the left. Also has lettering of Lincoln School and the date of 1937.
On the left side of the building is the cornerstone that has the letting:
LINCOLN SCHOOL
FEDERAL EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC WORKS
DOCKET NO. OKLA-1233-DS
1937
Most of the ditch work on the south side of the school are WPA as well.
Please note this is a child care facility and you should get permission from manager prior to taking photographs or touring the property.
WPA APPROPRIATION: $100,000
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