# Diamond Point School

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{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Diamond Point Dependent District No. 44 School
| nrhp_type    =
| image        = DiamondPointSchool.jpg
| caption      = Diamond Point School
| nearest_city = [Nowata, Oklahoma](/source/Nowata%2C_Oklahoma)
| coordinates  = {{coord|36.66317|-95.72038|region:US-OK_type:edu|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin     = Oklahoma#USA
| architecture = Bungalow/craftsman
| added        = September 23, 1996
| area         = {{convert|1|acre|ha}}
| refnum       = 96000977<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
}}

The '''Diamond Point School''' is a historic [one-room school house](/source/one-room_school_house) in [Nowata County, Oklahoma](/source/Nowata_County%2C_Oklahoma), at the junction of county roads 409 and 245.  It was built in 1919 and was used through 1968.  It is built of red brick and has a [bell tower](/source/bell_tower) in one corner.  It was restored in 1996 and listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1997.  It is set within a {{Convert|1|acre|m2|adj=on}} school yard which includes the original playground equipment, including [teeter-totter](/source/teeter-totter)s, a wooden [merry-go-round](/source/merry-go-round), a [slide](/source/Playground_slide), and a [swingset](/source/swingset).  The grounds also include boys and girls [outhouse](/source/outhouse)s and a more modern building which includes a kitchen and lunchroom.  The school is open for tour by appointment, and is used for reunions, meetings and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130719192414/http://midlifecollage.com/2013/06/old-schoolhouse-wedding/ weddings].  It is also used by local schools for "A Day at Diamond Point", a program giving fourth grade students the experience of students in a one-room country schoolhouse during the 1950s.

The listing included four [contributing buildings](/source/contributing_buildings):  the school, a combination coalhouse and garage, and two privies.  A concrete block pumphouse was deemed non-contributing.<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=96000977}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Diamond Point Dependent District #44 School |publisher=[National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service)|author=Ann Yirsa Dugger |author2=Cynthia Smelker |date=February 1996 |accessdate=June 5, 2018}} With {{NRHP url|id=96000977|photos=y|title=accompanying eight photos from 1996}}</ref>

==References==
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}

Category:School buildings completed in 1919
Category:Museums in Nowata County, Oklahoma
Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma
Category:Defunct schools in Oklahoma
Category:One-room schoolhouses in Oklahoma
Category:Schoolhouses in the United States
Category:Education museums in the United States
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Nowata County, Oklahoma
Category:1919 establishments in Oklahoma

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{{Oklahoma-museum-stub}}

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