| City/Town: • Pharoah |
| Location Class: • School |
| Built: • 1927 | Abandoned: • 1966 |
| Status: • Demolished |
| Photojournalist: • Sara Yarbrough |
The school closed sometime in the late 60’s. Inside the electrical panel there was some writing in pencil which had the electricians name, union, and the date of 1927. It also said he was called out to run the electric from Bartlesville because there wasn’t a local electrician. Toward the end of the pictures the are also pictures of the building next door. The two buildings were connected at some point in time after the school was shut down. The building that it is connected to used to be the old Levi’s sewing shop. It’s where my deceased grandmother used to work. You can still see the hooks and chains hanging from the ceiling that you would assume ran the extension cords for the ladies’ machines in the shop.
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Extremely sad to see the 2022 condition of Spring Hill (Pharoah) High School. I graduated from Pharoah in 1957. There were 5 students in my graduating class. Everett Woodard, Rose Carper Patsy Tayola and I can’t remember Nancy’s last name. At that time, the Gym was the center attraction and the classrooms were on the perimeter. I think there were a total of 32 students in high school that year. The dressing rooms were located beneath the stage. Pharoah was a thriving community with 2 grocery stores, a welding shop and 2 filling stations. Sad to see today’s condition but… Read more »
Hey guys! It’s been a while since someone said anything here, so I’m doubtful that I’ll get a response. My grandfather graduated from here in 1939 (Robert Boston). I drove by today and have a few questions. When/why did the demolition process begin? Why is it left standing there in that condition? I’d also like to know anything that anyone knows about the high school or the building.
Thank you in advance!
Sophie Boston
sophie777booston@gmail.com
Nice and good one.
Went there a few days ago. Was not able to go in due to being watched. There were also a few game cameras set up in a few trees facing the school. Someone does not want people going in.
Its a lot more run down now than shown here. I made a small video that was cut short. https://youtu.be/iO7ad5DvsGA
ARE PEOPLE ALOUD TO GO INSIDE AND LOOK AROUND IF SO WHO DO I TALK TO ? I HAVE DROVE BY SO MANY TIME AND WOULD LOVETO GO IN .
Does anyone know who owns the old school?
I started 1st grade at pharoah/spring Hill school. I graduated in 1956. I have fond memories of my days there. My daddy, Peck Mangrum, drove the school bus in my early school years, and mom, Bonnie Griffin Mangrum, always worked on election board at the school. It is happy times I remember.
I don’t believe anything I’ve read here is true. I was born near Wetumka in 1938 and I can never remember a time when it was open.
I know people who went here, so what you’re saying isn’t true.
I graduated from SpringHill High School in Pharoah Okla 1964 a few years later was a big consolidation of small country schools. Some went to Henreatta some to Weleetka and some to Okemah. The principles name was Pippin! The post office was a little store that sold hamburgers to the kids. The Jones owned a Grocery store Accross the street from post office. Russell Jones along with Glanny Elam and Robert Davis were my best friends. If memory serves right there were less than a dozen in my graduating class!
I am looking for information about the cemetary in Pharoah Oklahoma. My mother is burried there and I have not been back for many years. and I am not sure I would remember how to get there.
My mom and dad both went to school there she said the lived in spring hill mon graduated from there my dad from weleetka my dads parents were Taylor an Lizzie Allen they had a gas station an grocery store south of I 40 a little ways I think he worked for Atlanta oil some where around there. I lived there in weleetka for years . Can anyone tell me if their is a difference between Springhill an pharaoh an exactly where Springhill is ears a lot about it but never could figure out where it is at
this just breaks my heart to see this beloved place in this shape. Many memories still remain in my mind and in my heart. My dad's name (Paul Trunk) was written in the basement under the stage in the high school. We lost the high school in 1966 due to not having enough ADA. Still love it though!_
Does anyone have photos of the school before it closed? My grandmother, Lillian Ayers, graduated there in 1943.
My grandparents lived in Pharoah. Peck and Bonnie Mangrum. All my aunts graduated from there and my mom was in the third or fourth grade when it shut down and she went to Weleetka. When I was growing up the post office was still open and I also remember they party line that each resident had their own special ring pattern. My grandpa use to work at the smelter.
all my aunts and dad also went to school there. My grandparents owned the gas station in Pharoah and lived next door to Ms Davidson. love that little town. Go back every chance I get even though not much left of it,
our ring was a long and a short
My mother graduated from Spring HS in May of 1947 and it is the same building pictured on her Diploma
Sara you miss spelled Pharaoh. I live Pharaoh AND I am in the Pharaoh family. And in case you may want to get more info then what you have, you can e-mail me trust me, you'll get tons more then what you have. blackacesfatelover@gmail.com
How do you pronounce Pharaoh?
"fair O"
Does anyone know WHY the school was shut down?
I do. It was shut down because the man who ran it and everything wouldn't pay the teachers and faculty so they all left and therefore he shut it down
Actually, it shut down the same time a lot of little schools did that year. The average daily attendance was so small that many small schools were closed and forced to consolidate with bigger schools. There were only two teachers there the last year it was open – one for grades 1-4 and one for grades 5-8. Classes were held in two rooms. There were four rows of desks in each room, and everyone in the same grade sat in the same row. It closed in May 1968. Most of us went to Weleetka after that.
I graduated from Pharoah High School 1964. Allof my brothers exce3pt Johnny graduste there also. I started school in the first garde and complete school there. Would be interested to hear form anyone up there no. I am living in Texas now. I have alot of good memories from those days.
Russell Jones
Russell are your parents Orvis and Bertie Jones ?
Thank you for these. My mother, Bessie Landers, graduated from here in 1935. I visited there in the 80's but only have pictures from the outside. The Levi factory was there at the time. My favorite was the picture 3rd from last of the gym's stage. The picture I have of that stage was taken in '35 with the grads on it wearing their caps and gowns.
Is there anyone who lives around Pharoah that ever knew of an oil lease there that may have be "Imperial Oil Co." If so please email me at "jclevt@hughes.net
Thanks
James Thomas
Pharoah is off of I-40, not I-44. I live nearby and my grandparents went to school at Pharoah. They were juniors the year it closed down. The Pharoah family still lives close by. It was interesting to see pictures of the old school. Pharoah has a flew market by the school every weekend.
who are your grandparents? I also was a junior the year it closed down. Went to Weleetka my senior year