Washington Elementary School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

From the record

One of 60 National Register listings published here for Kay County · listed in 2009 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 723 W. College, Blackwell, 74631
When was it listed? March 2009
Category. building
Census division. Blackwell
National Register reference number. 09000076 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Washington Elementary School: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Kay County

Storms near this property

60 of 179 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blackwell, the town this property stands in, in 179 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 87 thunderstorm wind, 73 hail, 9 flash flood, 5 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	2 hurt, $50,000	Two semi-trailers and an armored vehicle were blown over on Interstate 35, near mile markers 228 and 219. Two persons were injured.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	$100,000	Roofs were blown off many homes. Windows were blown out of numerous store fronts. An antenna at the police station was blown over. Several power lines and trees were also downed.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	$50,000	Varying degrees of roof damage to buildings near the intersection of Main Street and Oklahoma Avenue. Additional reports of tree damage throughout the community of Blackwell. Time is radar estimated.
June 1998	Lightning	Blackwell	$50,000	Lightning struck the roof of a funeral home, blowing one 3-foot hole, and 3 grapefruit-sized holes in the roof. The bolt set fire to the attic, causing extensive damage to the structure and its contents.
September 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	$15,000	Relayed image showing a large tree limb blown down, landing on a parked vehicle. Location is approximate and time is radar estimated.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	$15,000	Trees down and siding blown off houses. Most of town without power.
August 2008	Lightning	Blackwell	$15,000	Lightning struck an oil tank battery two miles north of Blackwell. An oil tank with 80 barrels of oil exploded as a result. No other damage was reported to the other tanks. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	$12,000	A few buildings in downtown Blackwell had some windows shattered by the strong winds and baseball size hail. Many trees were blown down by the strong winds. One tree fell on a pickup truck. Monetary damages were estimated.
April 2024	Flash Flood	Blackwell	$10,000	Portions of U.S. Highway 177 flooded, from the U.S. Highway 60 intersection to the community of Blackwell. Portions of the roadway may have been washed out as well. Event time is approximate.
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	$10,000	no account filed
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	$5,000	Semi truck was blown over on I-35 near blackwell.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	$5,000	Three to five power poles downed on 13th street.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	$5,000	Metal roofing came off a building and crashed through a fence. A tree limb was also downed.
May 2010	Hail	Blackwell	$5,000	A car sustained several dents and the windshield was cracked by the hail. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	$5,000	Numerous medium to large tree limbs were downed. The damage was confined mainly to the southeast part of town. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 1999	Lightning	Blackwell	$5,000	no account filed
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	$3,500	Strong winds caused minor roof and house siding damage. A garage door was also blown away.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	$2,000	Gas station awning damaged at interstate 35 and Highway 11 interchange.
September 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	$2,000	The roof of a barn was blown off.
June 2000	Lightning	Blackwell	$2,000	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	$2,000	no account filed
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	$1,000	Numerous five inch diameter tree limbs broken from trees.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	$1,000	Numerous limbs were downed and trees were uprooted in Blackwell and half of the roof was blown off a barn southwest of town by severe thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	$500	A bradford pear tree was downed.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	$200	Minor damage to roof of a fertilizer storage unit.
February 1999	Lightning	Blackwell	$200	no account filed
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	$10	Large tree limbs were downed.
April 2026	Hail	Blackwell	-	The report was relayed by emergency management. The location is approximate.
April 2026	Hail	Blackwell	-	The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	-	Blackwell (BLAC) Mesonet observation.
April 2025	Hail	Blackwell	-	A social media image. Event time is estimated from radar observations.
April 2025	Hail	Blackwell	-	A social media image. Event time is estimated from radar observations.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	-	An estimated wind gust along Interstate 35. The location is approximate.
April 2024	Hail	Blackwell	-	Multiple social media images.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	-	Blackwell (BLAC) Mesonet observation.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	-	Blackwell (BLAC) Mesonet observation.
October 2019	Hail	Blackwell	-	From Mping.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	-	No damage was reported.
October 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	-	Large tree limbs and power lines blown down. Quarter size hail also occurred with minor street flooding.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	-	The winds were associated with an outflow boundary from earlier storms.
April 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	-	Roof and outbuilding damage was reported near 29th Street and Coleman Road southwest of Blackwell.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	-	The measured wind gust was reported at the Blackwell mesonet.
April 2011	Hail	Blackwell	-	The largest hail occurred on the south side of town.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	-	A wind gust in excess of 70 mph was reported approximately a half mile west of I-35, two miles south of Blackwell.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	-	The winds were sustained at 50 mph, with gusts to 60 mph.
April 2009	Flood	Blackwell	-	Up to two feet of water was reported on roadways in the town of Blackwell.
May 2009	Hail	Blackwell	-	Very heavy quarter-size hail was reported near mile marker 223 on Interstate 35.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	-	The wind gust was measured on Interstate 35.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	-	The wind gust was estimated on Interstate 35.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	-	A gust to 60 mph was also measured at 0520z at the same locations.
August 2009	Flash Flood	Blackwell	-	Several streets in Blackwell were closed due to water running over top of them. Several county roads west of town were also impassable.
May 2008	Hail	Blackwell	-	Winds of 50 to 55 mph were also reported.
May 2008	Hail	Blackwell	-	Winds of 55 to 60 mph were also reported.
September 2008	Heavy Rain	Blackwell	-	The measured rainfall was 3.38 inches, much of it falling in a six to eight hour period.
March 2007	Flash Flood	Blackwell	-	Heavy rainfall totals of 3 to 7 inches over northern Kay County during the morning hours of March 20 produced flash flooding in the area. At 1200 CST, the Kay County emergency manager reported that flash flooding had inundated and closed 13th Street on the south side of the Blackwell.
February 2005	Hail	Blackwell	-	Hail was reported on Highway 11.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	-	Wind gust was reported near the intersection of Interstate 35 and Highway 11.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	-	The wind gust was measured at the Blackwell Emergency Operations Center.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	-	Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Blackwell	-	The wind gust was measured on an overpass in the northwest part of town.

Every storm recorded in Kay County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Parkside Elementary School	0.3 miles	2009
Hayes-Kennedy-Rivoli Theater Building	0.6 miles	2015
Electric Park Pavilion	0.6 miles	1976
Larkin Hotel	0.7 miles	2013
Blackwell Armory	0.7 miles	1988
Northside Elementary School	0.8 miles	2009

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 09000076 in Record Group 79.
Kay County	All 60 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.