Ben Franklin Science Academy or BFSA for short, was the school I attended from first grade all the up to 8th grade. This place holds so many memories in my life, from every aspect I can think of. Sadly I wasn’t able to get a good picture since the gate was locked and there was no better picture online besides this one, so you can somewhat get an idea of what it looks like. The building has a minimalistic and blocky appearance, it has very few windows, and the windows that it has are located at the top of the front walls, by the ceiling looking from the inside. The goal was to not allow the students to view outside but to allow natural lighting in the rooms, although very few since they’re only located on the from and back walls of the architecture. The building has gone through many changes, from initially being a middle school, to elementary and middle school, to just a middle school yet again, this architecture will always have a special place in my heart. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the year it was built or anything about it’s past besides what is was previously, but I would assume it was built around the 1960s-1970s because if it’s sheltered design

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Housing, M. (n.d.). Housing & school locations – Benjamin Franklin Science Academy – 300 Virgil MATTHEWS Drive. Muskogee Housing Authority. https://www.muskogeehousing.org/locations/detail/1534.