Fewell School
school building in Oklahoma, United States of America
Fewell School is a historic site located in Fewell, Oklahoma. Fewell, 10 miles east of Nashoba, Oklahoma, is a rural community in the Kiamichi Mountains of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.
Fewell School was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1936-1937 as a Great Depression public works project.
As built, the school consisted of three rooms and measured 28 by 42 feet (8.5 by 12.8 m). An extension measures 15 by 13 feet (4.6 by 4.0 m) feet and changed the building's formerly rectangular footprint to that of an "L" shape.
The school is constructed of uncoursed and undressed native sandstone. Beaded mortar sets the stones and, according to an architectural survey in 1988, is of "excellent" workmanship. It is roofed with sheet metal and the roof has intersecting gables. The front entryway, at the southeast corner, is behind double arches. Wood sash windows on concrete sills rise to the eaves.
“Fewell School” enters the record as school building in Oklahoma, United States of America. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Fewell, School and school can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5446107. Authority coordinates are 34.522, -95.043. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1936, 1937 and 1988.
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