Oats Park School was designed in 1914 by Frederick J. DeLongchamps, Nevada's pre-eminent architect of the period, who also designed the 1921 north and south wing additions. The building is one of his earliest, and perhaps first, public school designs. It was placed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places in 1990 because of its importance in the history of local education and its architectural significance, including the use of contrasting brick colors and attention to interior detail. In 1995, the Churchill Arts Council began construction and renovation on the facility for its use as a multi-discipline cultural center, and in February 2003 reopened it as the Oats Park Art Center.