Roosevelt School (Casper, Wyoming)

Roosevelt School
Location 140 E. K St., Casper, Wyoming
Coordinates 42°51′59″N 106°19′25″W / 42.86639°N 106.32361°W / 42.86639; -106.32361Coordinates: 42°51′59″N 106°19′25″W / 42.86639°N 106.32361°W / 42.86639; -106.32361
Area less than one acre
Built 1922
Architect Garbutt, Weidner & Sweeney
MPS Buildings Designed by Garbutt, Weidner, and Sweeney in Casper MPS
NRHP Reference # 96001633[1]
Added to NRHP January 30, 1997

The Roosevelt School in Casper, Wyoming, originally named North Casper School, was designed by leading Wyoming architectural firm Garbutt, Weidner & Sweeney in 1921 and was built in 1922. Need for the school followed from a post-World War I boom in Casper's economy and population, connected to a boom in the petroleum industry there. The school served as a neighborhood center in an otherwise-neglected area of the town.[2]

The North Casper area was across railroad tracks from the rest of Casper, and was fast-growing. In the words of Vivian Dwyer, principal of the school, it was "a district of small homes, meager means, and large families." Schooling was not available to all.[3]

In 1921 an expansion of the existing school was planned, but instead a new building was designed and built. Only one wing of six classrooms was finished in a timely fashion, due perhaps to a union-related work stoppage.[3]

The school was named for Theodore Roosevelt.[3]

It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Roosevelt School (North Casper School)". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. 1 2 3 Michael Cassity (July 30, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Roosevelt School / North Casper School" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved July 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help) with photos


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