National Register Record for ZANEIS SCHOOL TEACHER'S DORMITORY

Historic Name: ZANEIS SCHOOL TEACHER'S DORMITORY
Current Name: None
Address: None
City: HEALDTON VIC            County: CARTER
Section: 34           Township: 4S           Range: 3W          
Description of significance: BUILT IN 1932 TO SERVE THE NEWLY CONSOLODATED SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE ZANEIS TEACHERS DORM REPRESENTS THE PEAK OF THE HEALDTON OIL FIELD POPULATION BOOM. IT IS THE ONLY EDUCATIONAL FACILITY OF ITS TYPE STILL STANDING IN THE HEALDTON/HEWITT OIL FIELD AND IS THE ONLY INTACT BUILDING REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ZANEIS SCHOOL DISTRICT #72, ONE OF THE FIRST LARGE, RURAL CONSOLODATED SCHOOLS DISTRICTS IN OKLAHOMA. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 8/5/85.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: EDUCATIONAL RELATED HOUSING
Current Function: MULTIPLE DWELLING
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: EDUCATION
Architectural Style: LATE RENAISSANCE REVIVAL
Architect: F.E.WATSON, BUILDER
Year Built: 1932            Original Site: YES
Condition: FAIR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: INTERVIEW WITH BETH BILLINGSLEY, JULY, 1984; JOURNAL OF CARTER COUNTY SCHOOLS, 1923, PP. 344 - 351
Date Prepared: OCTOBER 1984