Shady Point School Explained

Shady Point School
Coordinates:	35.1322°N -94.6597°W
Built:	1936
Architect:	Okla. State Dept. of Education
Added:	September 8, 1988
Area:	2acres
Mpsub:	WPA Public Bldgs., Recreational Facilities and Cemetery Improvements in Southeastern Oklahoma, 1935-1943 TR
Refnum:	88001405

The Shady Point School, located on the northeastern edge of the community of Shady Point in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, was built in 1936 as a Works Progress Administration project. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

It was built to a standard design of the Oklahoma State Department of Education, from its pattern book.^[1]

It is a one-story 75feetx44feetft (xft) building built of cut and roughly coursed sandstone, with hipped roof.^[1]

It was one of 48 buildings and 11 structures reviewed in a 1985 study of WPA works in southeastern Oklahoma, which led to almost all of them being listed on the National Register in 1988.^[2]

See also

• Dog Creek School, another Shady Point area school, also NRHP-listed

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=88001405}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Continuation: Shady Point School ]. . W. David Baird . June 15, 1985 . June 22, 2017. With .
2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64000690}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) Public Buildings, Recreational Facilities, and Cemetery Improvements in Southeastern Oklahoma, 1935-1943 (Thematic Resources) ]. . W. David Baird . June 15, 1985 . June 22, 2017.