1941 - Inola School - Inola, OK
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N 36° 09.146 W 095° 30.638
15S E 274136 N 4003776
This dated building was constructed by the WPA.
Waymark Code: WMQXP2
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 04/11/2016
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Inola School is located on N. Broadway in the small town of Inola. This is a T-shaped, 10-room school house and auditorium constructed by the WPA. A bronze shield on the building shows the WPA date of 1940, however, the year on the cornerstone is 1941.
The school faces Broadway, with a perpendicular auditorium extension to the rear. Construction is of cut, coursed and rusticated native stone. There are seven bays, separated by stone columns, raised above the roofline. Windows are set in groups of one and three, with brick surrounds and have been replaced with fixed panes. The front entrance has double doors and sidelights slightly recessed under a stepped parapet, with low sidewalls to each side. Above the flat canopy are masonry panels engraved INOLA SCHOOL.
The auditorium which extends from the rear of the building has narrow windows with a continuous sill, which have been boarded up.
The two-sided cornerstone is located on the southeast corner, and reads:
INOLA SCHOOL
1941
Claud Crutchfield, Pres
W.L. Butler, Clerk
Ben J. Pankratz, Mbr
E.C. Reynolds, Supt.
F.C. Walter, Archt
G.G. Mann, Proj. Supt.The M.W. Grand Lodge
A.F. & A.M. of OK
{emblem}
Wm. H. Powell
Grand Master
A.D. Oct. 3, 1941 - A.L. 4941
The school is in very good condition and currently houses the Inola Public Schools Administrative Offices.
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