| Address: | Vicinity of Hanna, Oklahoma | County | McIntosh |
| Started: | Completed | 1938 | |
| Agencies: | WPA | NRHP: | No |
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Description:
This school of four rooms is a single-story, rectangular (80′ x 30′) building constructed of uncut native stone of auburn and buff colors. The beaded masonry of the school is cobweb rubble, which makes it particularly unique. The roof is gabled, and the doors are recessed behind archways. There is a series of windows on the west side that reach to the eaves. Smaller windows are located at various points on the other three sides of the school. All of these windows have concrete sills. These window openings have partial or total inserts of panels in order to reduce their size, but this does not impeach the integrity of the building.
This school is very unique for its quality of workmanship. The cobweb rubble style masonry is quite unique for WPA buildings in McIntosh County. It is also notable in terms of type, style, and scale. Construction of the building is significant because it provided employment opportunities for black, destitute laborers who desperately needed work and infused wages of some 30,600 man-hours of labor into the local economy. Educational opportunities for black children in the area were enhanced in this rural area as well.[1]
VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION: Go west of Hanna on county road 3.5 miles to school site on a 2 acre tract, 208 feet north, 416 feet east, 208 feet south, and 416 feet west, in the SE corner of the SW l /4 of Sec. 32, T 9 N, R 13 E.
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