Address:2 1/2 MILES EAST OF MEEKER ON HWY 62County:Lincoln
Started: Completed:1938
Agencies:WPANRHP:April 4, 1996

Current Usage:

Personal Property

Description:

Profile Of Roosevelt Embossed On South Side, As Well As Wpa 1938 Emblem, And Names Of Participants.[1]

Crescent School, also known as the Johnson School after Mrs. May Johnson who donated the land for the school, was established prior to the turn-of-thecentury. The first school building for the Crescent School District was of log construction. The WPA and the Crescent School Board undertook construction of a new, native stone, two-room school building in 1938. The construction of the new building produced not only needed jobs for local men but also increased the economic viability of the immediate area. This in turn fortified the state and national economies. The building project further resulted in an improved educational facility which increased the quality of education in Lincoln County while also providing an enhanced space for community events. In May 1938, the WPA allocated 17,500 dollars for the building of two new schools, one for the Crescent school district and the other for the Mount Vernon school district. At the time, twelve other education-related buildings were being constructed in Lincoln County by the WPA. Of the total allocation, the Crescent project was apportioned 7,516 in federal money. The school board contributed an additional 2,610 dollars in the form of materials to bring the total building cost to 10,126 dollars. Sixty-five WPA laborers were assigned to the project. The Crescent School remained in use as a school until 1955, when the school district was consolidated with the Meeker school district. [2]

Sources:

  1. Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory Nomination
  2. National Register of Historic Places
  3. Lincoln County. Oklahoma History, (Claremore, OK: Country Lane Press, 1988), 334. See also The Lincoln County Republican. (Chandler, Oklahoma), 4 May 1938.
  4. Herring, Helen B. “A History of Lincoln County,” M.A. thesis, University of Oklahoma, 1943.

Supported Documents:

  1. National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form

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