"I'll admit. Pre-campaign I would've never expected such a modern building to be associated with any historical significance. Then again, who was Frederick Delongchamps? I'm sure I wasn't the one who had no idea. If anything, conquering these markers has taught me to never take any place or historical event for granted. Each and every one tells a different story. #263 conquered." -- August 2007

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151 E Park St, Oats Park Arts Center -- Fallon Churchill   39.473450, -118.768690

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Original Date Visited: 8/1/07
Signed: No

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Marker 263 and the Oats Park School, now, Oats Park Arts Center.   Marker 263 at the front door of the Oats Park School

Exact Description:
The Oats Park School was designed in 1914 by Frederick J. DeLongchamps, Nevada's preeminent architect of the period. He was also responsible for the 1921 north and south wing additions. This building is one of his earliest, and perhaps, first, public school designs. The structure was placed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places in 1990 because of its importance in the history of local education and its architectural significance including the use of contrasting brick colors and attention to interior detail.

In 1995, the Churchill Arts Council began renovation of the facility for its use as a multi-discipline cultural center. Drawing on the building's legacy of serving the community, the Churchill Arts Council reopened the building as the Oats Park Art Center in February, 2003.

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COVERED IN MY US 50 ROAD TRIP

COVERED IN MY US 95 ROAD TRIP

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 - 245 - Frederick Delongchamps   Oats Park School (Churchill County Museum) 

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