Central High School
National Register of Historic Places

Central High School

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Listed
November 7, 1976
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
76001570

About this property

Central High School is a historic former school building in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, designed by Solomon Andrew Layton. The school opened in 1910, and operated as a high school until 1968. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It was converted to offices in the 1980s by Southwestern Bell, who renamed it One Bell Central. One Bell Central was damaged in the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995, which destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building two blocks west. Following the bombing, the president of Southwestern Bell offered the building as an incident command headquarters, a role which it served in for multiple weeks during the rescue operations. Southwestern Bell vacated the building in 2005, and it was briefly owned by an insurance company before being sold to Oklahoma City University in 2012. Since 2015, the Central High School building has housed the Oklahoma City University School of Law.

Location

700 block of N. Robinson
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
35.47562, -97.51673

Categories

EDUCATIONARCHITECTURESOCIAL HISTORY
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Central High School listed on the National Register?

Central High School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1976.

What type of historic resource is Central High School?

Central High School is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Central High School?

The period of significance for Central High School is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1910.

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