Tucker School
National Register of Historic Places

Tucker School

Spiro, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
Listed
September 7, 1988
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
88001407

About this property

The Tucker School was a three-room schoolhouse built in 1937 as a Works Progress Administration project in a rural area outside of Spiro in LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It is a one-story L-shaped stone building, with main part 69 by 28 feet (21.0 m × 8.5 m) and an 11 by 30 feet (3.4 m × 9.1 m) extension. It has a stepped gable roof with intersecting gables. Its front entrance is behind an arch. Its design was from an Oklahoma State Department of Education pattern book. Its NRHP nomination notes that itis an excellent example of a three room structure that has been preserved without alteration over the years. Within the rural community of which it is a part, the building is unique architecturally in terms of type, style, scale, materials and workmanship. That construction of it also provided work for laborers long on relief rolls, giving them economic security and self esteem, makes it especially significant, as too does the fact that the building provided an impetus for modern education in a rather remote and isolated area.

Location

Spiro, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
35.29888, -94.73500

Categories

ECONOMICSEDUCATIONARCHITECTURESOCIAL HISTORY
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Sources

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When was Tucker School listed on the National Register?

Tucker School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 7, 1988.

What type of historic resource is Tucker School?

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

What is the period of significance for Tucker School?

The period of significance for Tucker School is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1937.

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