1950 - W. B. Rutledge High School - Red Oak, OK
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hamquilter
N 34° 57.316 W 095° 04.781
15S E 310107 N 3870057
This is a beautiful high school building in this town of 500.
Waymark Code: WMZ8B4
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 09/27/2018
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The W. B. Rutledge High School (formerly Red Oak High School) was built in 1950 and is named for a Red Oak resident (10/12/1934 - 2/4/2000). The school is the newest of three which stand on N. Main Street, one dating from the 1920's; the other dating from 1940. This building was built in 1950.
The school is a one-story building constructed of uncoursed native sandstone. It has a hipped metal roof, and is L-shaped with the extension at the north. The windows are set in triples. They originally were three-paned, but the top one-third is now covered with metal siding. At the center front is a wide projecting porch supported by eight stuccoed square columns. This porch facade has a stepped parapet, is stuccoed, and has the name "RED OAK".
A cornerstone on the southwest corner reads:
Red Oak High School
1950
Board of Education
Thos. Sides, Pres.
Mathew W. Hemp, Vice Pres.
Dewey Wilburn, Clerk
James Davis, Member
Alvin Lessel, Member
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E.T. Dunlap, Supt.
Frank Williams, Archt.
O.W. Scott, Contr.Workmen, Students, Teachers and
Patrons Co-operating
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