Daniel Webster High School is a high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Tulsa Public Schools, and is a public school for students from grades 9 through 12. The school opened in 1938 in the West Tulsa section of the city,Juanita Crawford Muga, "Clinton-Webster graduates had lots of class in 1938", Tulsa World, November 4, 1998.Cristina Dudley, "Webster alumni from 1938-1948 invited to a party", Tulsa World, August 31, 2005. and is housed in a PWA-style Art Deco building designed by architects Arthur M. Atkinson, John Duncan Forsyth, Raymond Kerr, and William H. Wolaver.Art Deco Buildings in Tulsa: Daniel Webster High School at Tulsa Preservation Commission website (accessed March 4, 2010).Tulsa Art Deco at Price Tower Arts Center website (accessed March 4, 2010).
In 2021, Daniel Webster High School was placed on the National Historic Registry.OKLAHOMA, TULSA COUNTY, Daniel Webster High School Historic District, 1919 West 40th St., Tulsa, SG100006632, LISTED, 6/10/2021. Oklahoma's National Register of Historic Places' link: http://nr2_shpo.okstate.edu/QueryResult.aspx?id=SG100006632
In 2009, the school established a broadcasting and digital media magnet school program.Andrea Eger, "Sullivan tours several TPS magnet schools", Tulsa World, April 13, 2009.
Facility description The main building is two stories high plus a full basement. It contains 15 classrooms, a library, two cafeterias, a lecture room, a corrective gymnasium, a girls' gymnasium, a 400-seat auditorium, a domestic-science department, two manual training rooms, three laboratories, offices, and dressing rooms. An adjacent building contains shops, a boys' gymnasium, and lockers. Both buildings are made of fireproof construction with exterior walls of brick and trimmed with stone."Daniel Webster High School - Tulsa, OK." The Living New Deal. Undated. Accessed October 3, 2018.
Notable alumni Bob Ballinger - member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Berryville, Arkansas Chris Benge - speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Bill Borders - former Olympian wrestler and attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma Dick Calmus - former major league baseball pitcher Carl Morton - former major league baseball pitcher Patti Page - singer, 2013 recipient of Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Howard Rutledge (Class of 1946) - Vietnam POW for 7 1/2 yrs; wrote book In the Presence of Mine Enemies Mitch Schauer - television producer and animator, The Angry Beavers
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