National Register Properties in Oklahoma

ATOKA COMMUNITY BUILDING

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DESCRIPTION: CONSTRUCTED UTILIZING WPA LABOER IN 1937, THIS STONE T-PLAN BUILDING SERVED AS A COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE FOR DECADES. CONSTRUCTION PROVIDED NEEDED EMPLOYMENT TO ONE OF THE HARDEST-HIT COUNTIES IN OKLAHOMA. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 9/8/1988. DEMOLISHED. REMOVED FROM NATIONAL REGISTER 12/29/2005.

NR ID Number 88001373

Historic Name

ATOKA COMMUNITY BUILDING

Current Name

Project Name 

WPA PUBLIC BUILDINGS, RECREATIONAL FACILITES & CEMETERY IMPROVEMENTS IN SE OKLAHOMA THEMATIC RESOURCES
Latitude 34.38463
Longitude -96.12727

Address

CORNER OF FIRST AND DELAWARE STREETS

City

ATOKA

County

ATOKA

County code

005

Lot

7-10

Block

34
Section 14

Township

2S

Range

11E
Type BUILDING
Historic Function  CIVIC
Current Function LIBRARY
Area Significance 1 ARCHITECTURE
Area Significance 2 OTHER
Architect / Builder UNKNOWN
Date Prepared 
Year Built 1937
Original Site  YES
Architectural  Style WPA STANDARDIZED STYLE
Roof Material  ASPHALT
Wall Material STONE
Window Material  METAL
Door Material METAL
Decorative Detail BOTH PORCHES SUPPORTED BY SQUARE COLUMNS CONSTRUCTED OF NATIVE STONE.
Condition DEMOLISHED 2003

 
Comments:-
NEW METAL SASH WINDOWS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, BUT THIS ALTERATION DOES NOT IMPEACH THE ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING.

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