| Address: | Vicinity of Watts, Oklahoma | County | Adair |
| Started: | 1937 | Completed | 1938 |
| Agencies” | WPA | NRHP: | No |
Current Usage
Summer Camp
Description:
The construction of the skelly school provided an economic stimulus to the community by providing work for depression stricken farmers whose wages were infused back into the local economy thus easing the burdens of a limited money supply.
This rectangular shaped building measures 25×39 x 40×39 and is constructed from uncoursed and irregular shaped native stone with beaded mortar
VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION: Follow highway 59 south of Watts 2 1/2 miles, then go west 10 1/2 miles on paved county road to a tract of land beginning at the SE corner of the SW 1 / 4 of the SW l / 4 of the SE 1/ 4 of Sec. 20, T 19 N, R. 24 E, thence north 90 yards, thence west 105 yards, thence south 90 yards, thence east 105 yards.
Adair County Historic Society:
“Skelly School is still standing and Rod Garman bought it and made it into a summer church camp for kids. It was closed because the well that provided water was condemned, but I assume that Rod probably got the facility on the rural water line.”
Sources:
Supported Documents:
- WPA Properties Adair County – Skelly School
Photos:
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