Central High School, Tulsa, OK

Picture Postcard and Short History

Located on the corner of 6th St and Cincinnati Ave

"Central High School, a Tudor-Gothic Revival building, was built in 1917 on the corner of Sixth Street and Cincinnati Avenue. Designed by architect George Winkler, it was built of matt-faced brick and Carthage stone, with two stone towers and stone-capped buttresses. The main entrance between the towers on the north facade was well proportioned, and the Gothic carving above and on both sides of the entrance were well placed. Fresh drinking water, pumped and filtered from deep wells, could be found at the school's drinking fountains. Central High School was Tulsa's primary high school until the 1930s, when Will Rogers High School at 3909 East 5th Place, and Daniel Webster High School at 1919 West 40th Street were constructed. In 1976, Central High School was closed. The school was reopened at in a new building at 3101 West Edison Street. The Public Service Company of Oklahoma, a public utility company, is now housed in the building once occupied by the old Central High School."