Roosevelt School (Casper, Wyoming)

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]

Roosevelt School
Roosevelt School (Casper, Wyoming) is located in Wyoming
Roosevelt School (Casper, Wyoming)
Roosevelt School (Casper, Wyoming) is located in the United States
Roosevelt School (Casper, Wyoming)
Location140 East K Street,
Casper, Wyoming
Coordinates42°51′59″N 106°19′25″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1922
ArchitectGarbutt, Weidner & Sweeney
MPSBuildings Designed by Garbutt, Weidner, and Sweeney in Casper MPS
NRHP reference No.96001633[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 30, 1997

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]

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