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First Public Schoolhouse in Oklahoma Territory

Oklahoma County
Location: near southwest corner of intersection at Second Street and Boulevard in Edmond
Coordinates: 35.652850, -97.478840
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Edmond Historic Preservation Trust
Topics: Education; Social/Cultural; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

The first public school in Oklahoma Territory, located in Edmond, opened on September 16, 1889. The schoolhouse also hosted church meetings and the first recorded wedding in Oklahoma County. Preservation of the schoolhouse was one of the first official Oklahoma Centennial projects.

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