Bartlesville
Public
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Facilities

Bartlesville Public School Facilities

School before side additions

Photo by Becky Burch, Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise

This school at the southwest corner of Nowata Road and Washington Boulevard (Highways 60 and 75) was originally part of the Limestone school district. It began as a one-room schoolhouse for Delaware Indians. The original portion of the present building was constructed in 1939 for $50,000 with help from WPA funds. It consisted of three classrooms and a small auditorium. During World War II gasoline rationing prompted the use of the facility as a Delaware tribal church and home for the town's east side Sunday School classes.

Growth on Bartlesville's east side in the 1950s led to a series of additions. Three more classrooms were added, along with other improvements, in 1950 for $39,000. 1953 brought three more classrooms for $38,160, and in 1954 another classroom was added and the auditorium was converted into two classrooms for $25,440. In 1956 an auditorium, lunchroom, and kitchen were added for $97,520. About four acres was purchased in 1959 for $7,000 and two years later the Limestone district was absorbed into Bartlesville. Classes ceased at this facility in 1987, and it later housed the school district's Buildings and Grounds, Child Nutrition, and Health Services operations.

The district spent the time and money in 2006-2007 to clear the title to the property, which was tied up by donation clauses. An initial attempt to sell it to Vector Securities of Tulsa on May 3, 2007 for $1,950,000 fell through. In September, 2007 Hurricane Development, Inc. purchased the site for $1,900,000 with plans to build Bartlesville Armstrong Bank. Buildings and Grounds operations formerly housed at Limestone were relocated to the Shawnee property.

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