Dayton School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Grant County · listed in 1988 · 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. SE of Lamont, Lamont, 74643
When was it listed? September 1988
Category. building
Also known as. WPA Public Bldgs., Recreational Facilities and Water Quality Improvements in Northwestern Oklahoma, 1935-1943 TR
Census division. Lamont
National Register reference number. 88001369 - 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dayton School: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Copper. 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	Recorded
Billings Northwest-1	Copper	Past Producer	1940
Unknown Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this property

29 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lamont, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 17 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
May 1998	Tornado (F3)	Lamont	$2,000,000	no account filed
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Lamont	$25,000	Several trees were uprooted and buildings were damaged due to thunderstorm winds in the community of Lamont. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Lamont	$5,000	Multiple reports of tree damage in Lamont. Tree fell on car.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Lamont	$2,000	A utility pole and tree limbs were blown down in the community of Lamont. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Lamont	$400	no account filed
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Lamont	$250	Tree limbs, two to three inches in diameter, were downed.
April 2026	Hail	Lamont	-	An image showing a ruler-measured hailstone was shared on social media. The event time is estimated based on radar observations.
April 2026	Hail	Lamont	-	An image showing a ruler-measured hailstone was shared on social media. The location is approximate.
March 2019	Hail	Lamont	-	Time based on radar data.
October 2016	Flash Flood	Lamont	-	US highway 60 was closed east of Lamont to Kay county line due to flooding.
October 2016	Flash Flood	Lamont	-	State highway 74 was closed 1.5 miles north of Lamont due to flooding.
April 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Lamont	-	A few large trees were uprooted.
June 2011	Hail	Lamont	-	The hail was reported along Highway 60 in Lamont.
April 2009	Hail	Lamont	-	The hail report was relayed by KWTV-9.
April 2009	Hail	Lamont	-	The hail report was relayed by the Blackwell emergency manager.
May 2002	Tornado (F0)	Lamont	-	A storm chaser captured this tornado on video as it tracked northeastward for 6 miles. No damage was observed or reported.
April 2002	Tornado (F0)	Lamont	-	This tornado developed on the county line and was seen by several storm chasers. No damage was observed or reported in Grant County.
April 2016	Hail	Lamont	-	no account filed
August 2009	Hail	Lamont	-	no account filed
July 2009	Hail	Lamont	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Lamont	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Lamont	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Lamont	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Lamont	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Lamont	-	no account filed
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Lamont	-	no account filed
March 1997	Hail	Lamont	-	no account filed
May 1997	Hail	Lamont	-	no account filed
April 1994	Hail	Lamont	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 88001369 in Record Group 79.
Grant County	All 6 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.