Whitebead Gymnasium - 1936 - Vic. Pauls Valley, OK
Posted by: hamquilter
N 34° 45.699 W 097° 18.044
14S E 655517 N 3847926
This gymnasium was built by the WPA in 1936 and is part of the Whitebead Dependent School District.
Waymark Code: WM1056Y
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/28/2019
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The Whitebead School is located about five miles west of Pauls Valley on County Road 3200 (Kimberlin Road) - (two miles west of Interstate 35). The oldest school building on the property is a two-story brick school built in 1919. To the north of this school is the WPA-built gymnasium.
The gym is a one-story concrete block building with a gabled roof. It measures 60 x 79 feet, and is painted white. The gym has a small maintenance building added on the north, and is attached on the south by a hall leading to the school, and another school building on the southwest. There are three sets of 30-pane casement windows on the sides which are painted over with white paint. A recessed single glass door with sidelights is located on the northeast and southeast ends, each with a decorative relief painted red.
A bronze WPA shield near the southeast entrance shows the year 1936.