Okeechobee High School (1925)

Okeechobee High School (1925)
General information
Architectural style Southern Colonial Revival,
Town or city 610 SW 2nd Ave. Okeechobee, Florida
Country United States
Coordinates 27°14′14″N 80°49′54″W / 27.23724°N 80.83157°W / 27.23724; -80.83157Coordinates: 27°14′14″N 80°49′54″W / 27.23724°N 80.83157°W / 27.23724; -80.83157
Construction started 1925
Completed 1925
Client Okeechobee County Schools
Design and construction
Architect William Hatcher and Lawrence Funke
Engineer Builder: Rogers and Duncanson

The Okeechobee High School (1925) is an historic redbrick school building located at 610 SW 2nd Avenue in Okeechobee, Florida. Designed by architects William Hatcher and Lawrence Funke, it was built in 1925 by Rogers and Duncanson. In 1989, it was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, published by the University of Florida Press.[1]

The new Okeechobee High School is now located at 2800 Highway 441 North[2] and the 1925 building is the Okeechobee Freshman Campus.[3]

References

  1. A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 131, ISBN 0-8130-0941-3
  2. Okeechobee High School
  3. Okeecobee Freshman Campus


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, April 19, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.