Will Rogers College Middle and High School | |
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Address | |
3909 E. 5th Place Tulsa , Oklahoma United States | |
Information | |
Type | Public |
Motto | "Will on the Hill" |
Established | 1939 |
Faculty | 110 (2018/2019 school year)[2] |
Number of students | 1346 Students | 860 (HS), 486 (JH) (2019/2020)[1] |
Color(s) | Royal Blue & Gold |
Website | rogers |
Will Rogers High School | |
Area | 3.3 acres (1.3 ha) |
Architect | Leon B. Senter, et.al. |
Architectural style | Art Deco |
NRHP reference No. | 07000918[3] |
Added to NRHP | September 6, 2007 |
Will Rogers Middle and High School, located at 3909 E. 5th Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was built by Tulsa Public Schools in 1939 using WPA workers and designed by Joseph R. Koberling, Jr. and Leon B. Senter. It was named for the humorist Will Rogers, who died in 1935, along with Wiley Post in a plane crash. Significant additions were made to the original structure in 1949 and 1964. The alterations were in keeping with the original design and did not detract from the school's architectural or historical significance. It has been called "... one of the best examples of Art Deco high school architecture...in the United States.[4]
The school had approximately 1,000 students as of 2008, and more than 39,000 alumni.