Cottonwood Community Center
National Register of Historic Places

Cottonwood Community Center

Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma
Listed
March 13, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
80004291

About this property

Cottonwood Community Center, built about 1889, is significant for its historic associations with the development of Stillwater, Oklahoma's rural agricultural community. The center is indicative of school house architecture that was popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s in the Stillwater community. Of the four remaining one-room school structures in the Stillwater area, only the Cottonwood has been in continuous use from the time it was built to the present. It has been, and continues to be, an important focus of life for the rural community west of the town. The other one-room school house in Payne County listed as a National Historic Place is the Pleasant Valley School. It was named Cottonwood because there was an abundance of cottonwood from which the center The building belongs to the School District of Stillwater but the community residents do maintenance and repair. The land belongs to a corporation of community residents.

Location

Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma
36.14521, -97.15829

Categories

EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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

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Nearby Historic Sites

Oklahoma A & M College Agronomy Barn and Seed House
Industrial
4.1 mi
Pleasant Valley School
Industrial
4.3 mi
Magruder Plots
Civil War
4.4 mi
Reifsnyder, Josephine, Lustron House
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4.5 mi
Pruett House
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4.9 mi

Nearby Battles

Gunfight at Ingalls — Black Faced Charlie Bryant Capture
1891Frontier
12.3 mi
Doolin Gang — Battle of Ingalls, Oklahoma Territory
1893Frontier
12.3 mi

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When was Cottonwood Community Center listed on the National Register?

Cottonwood Community Center was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 1980.

What type of historic resource is Cottonwood Community Center?

Cottonwood Community Center is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Cottonwood Community Center?

The period of significance for Cottonwood Community Center is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1889.

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