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auditorium cafeteria ceilings Center central areas city consolidation courtyards design early 1970 Edison enrollment furniture gymnasium inculde narrow hallways oklahoma city oklahoma city public schools part period place plan polio Public school Schools segregation Site Storage Thomas A Edison Thomas A Edison School time time period transportation center vacination
Thomas A Edison school was built in the early 1950’s. There isn’t much notable to mention about this place. It is a standard Oklahoma City public school design of this time period. Large classrooms with sloping ceilings that open to shared courtyards. Very narrow hallways connect the classroms to central areas that inculde the restrooms, offices and a mulit-purpose auditorium, cafeteria, and gymnasium. Edison served as many schools did as a polio vacination center. It closed in the early 1970’s due to low enrollment and as part of the city’s de-segregation plan as well as one of many consolidation plans. Edison now sits on the site of the Oklahoma City Public Schools Transportation center, and serves as storage for some lesser than needed unuseable shool furniture and supplies.
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I can’t believe I didn’t know of any of these Oklahoma City schools! Did you guys have to get special permission to enter or were there just open doors?
Hey Kati,
yes, we did get permission for the majority of the schools.
Impressive! Is there an address?
It broke my heart to see the state of this, my first school. I went to kindergarten, first and a few week’s of second grades here from 1953 until 1955. Yes, I remember well receiving my polio vaccination here, as well! In 1955, all of the surrounding neighborhoods that fed Edison were middle class white and it’s obvious the demographics changed considerably before the school closed. It was a fun area to grow up in the 1950’s with its close proximity to Lincoln Park and Springlake Amusement Park. Thanks for sharing the tour. I wish I could have joined you to see the old school after more than 50 years. I just hated to see the ruined empty halls and rooms after all these years!