National Register Record for ATTUCKS SCHOOL

Historic Name: ATTUCKS SCHOOL
Current Name: ATTUCKS ALTERNATIVE ACADEMY
Address: 346 SOUTH FOURTH
City: VINITA            County: CRAIG
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE ATTUCKS SCHOOL, LOCATED IN VINITA, CRAIG COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL UNDER CRITERION A FOR ITS HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE AS A SEPARATE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL IN VINITA. THE APPLICABLE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE ARE EDUCATION AND BLACK ETHNIC HERITAGE. THE ATTUCKS SCHOOL SERVED THE BLACK COMMUNITY OF VINITA AS A COMBINED ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR AND HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS NOT THE ONLY BLACK SCHOOL IN CRAIG COUNTY, AS THERE WERE SEVEN, BUT IT WAS THE ONLY SECONDARY SCHOOL THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO BLACKS UNTIL AFTER DESEGREGATION IN THE MID-1950S.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: EDUCATION
Current Function: EDUCATION
Area of Significance 1: EDUCATION
Area of Significance 2: ETHNIC HERITAGE/BLACK
Architectural Style: ART DECO/WPA
Architect: COUNTY/WPA
Year Built: 1916, 1939            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: OCTOBER 2009