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 First Public Works Project in Oklahoma - Shawnee, OK Posted by:  hamquilter
N 35° 20.329 W 096° 55.740
14S E 688213 N 3912585
Of the thousands of Federal Public Works projects completed in Oklahoma in the 1930s, this school was the FIRST.
Waymark Code: WMWBKJ
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 08/08/2017
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Jefferson School, located at 800 N. Louisa, is a one-story yellow brick building. The entrance portico on the southeast has several lovely bas relief friezes, as do areas over a bay window unit on the east and on the south.
Above the entrance, a name and date frieze shows "Jefferson School 1904 - 1933" which refers to a school formerly on this location. The current building was constructed in 1934 as the FIRST Federal Public Works project in the State of Oklahoma. A newer section to the building was constructed in later years to the west.
A large two-sided black granite cornerstone is located to the left of the entrance and reads:
(1) Laid by the
M.W. Grand Lodge
A.F. and A.M.
(square and compasses emblem)
M.F. Marville
Grand Master
Jan. 5, 1934
A.D. 1934 - A.L. 5934
(2) Board of Education
Shawnee, Okla.
J.F. Harris, Pres. / W.F. Thompson, V.Pres.
Geo. K. Hunter, Clerk / S.B. Forston, Treas.
A.O. Cowan / Dr. W.M. Gallaher
Ollie Hickman / Tom Douglas
Mark R. Frazier
Ray Evans, Atty. / Perry Carmichael, Supt.
Hugh W. Brown, Jr. Architect
Cowen Construction Co. Contr.
FIRST FEDERAL PUBLIC WORKS
PROJECT IN OKLA.
Federal State Advisory Board
John Carlock, Ch. / E. Higgenbotham, Mem.
P.S. Donnell, Engr. / W.L. Lybrand Mem.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1934
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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