Bowers School - Vic. of Wilburton, OK - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Bowers School is located about six miles west of Wilburton off Highway 270. This is a two-room school about 28 x 68 ft. constructed of cut and coursed native sandstone, which is now painted a sand color. It is currently used as a community center, and used by the West End Fire Department, who have an additional metal vehicle building nearby.

The school faces west and has a two-door entrance recessed beneath a porch gable roof, supported by four beams. The school roof is gabled and now covered with metal siding. Windows on the front are boarded, but the ribbon windows at the rear are still exposed.

The school was constructed in 1936-1937 by the WPA, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Street address: Off US 270, west of Wilburton, OK Wilburton, OK US 74578 County / Borough / Parish: Latimer County Year listed: 1988 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture-Engineering Periods of significance: 1925-1949 Historic function: Education Current function: Social Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Secondary Website 2: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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