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| ID Number |
96001489 |
| Historic Name |
POCASSET GYMNASIUM |
| Description of Significance |
A ONE-STORY, RECTANGULAR BUILDING TOPPED BY A DOMED, ASPHALT COVERED ROOF BUILT UNDER THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION. IMPORTANT DUE TO THE THOUGHT OF EDUCATING STUDENTS BODIES AS WELL AS THEIR MINDS. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER, 12/13/1996. |
| Current Name |
SAME |
| Address |
1/2 MILE SOUTH OF JUCT OF DUTTON ROAD AND SH-81 |
| City |
POCASSET |
| County |
GRADY |
| Lot |
|
| Block |
21 |
| Current Section |
5, SE4 |
| Township |
8N |
| Range |
7W |
| Type |
BUILDING |
| Historic Function |
EDUCATION |
| Current Function |
RECREATION |
| Area Signficance 1 |
ARCHITECTURE |
| Area Significance 2 |
ECONOMICS |
| Date Prepared |
4/1996 |
| Year Built |
1940 |
| Original Site |
YES |
| Architect/Builder |
WALTER T. VAHLBERG - ARCHITECT / WPA - BUILDER |
| Architectural Style |
OTHER (WPA STANDARDIZED STYLE) |
| Roof Material |
ASPHALT |
| Wall Material |
STONE |
| Window Material |
METAL |
| Door Material |
METAL |
| Decorative Details |
|
| Condition |
GOOD |
| Comments |
DOCUMENTATION SOURCES: (CONT) GWEN JACKSON, "THE HISTORY OF AMBER-POCASSET", AMBER-POCASSET SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, 4/1993; THE MINCO MINSTREL: 4/18/1940, 8/8/1940, 9/5/1940, 11/14/1940, 4/10/1941, AND 5/1/1941; "POCASSET, OKLAHOMA", STRUM'S MAGAZINE 7:6 (FEBRUARY 1909), P.75; JUANITA REVELLE, "GRADY COUNTY REFERENCE", OHS VERTICAL FILES; WILLIAM E SALTER, "ROCKY RIDGE: GRADY COUNTY SUPPLEMENT REPORT", 1936, OHS VERTICAL FILES; GEORGE H. SHIRK, OKLAHOMA PLACE NAMES, NORMAN:UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 1981; CYNTHIA SMELKER AND BILL BRYANS, MULTIPLE PROPERTY DOCUMENT, "WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION RESOURCE IN LINCOLN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, 1996. |
| Restricted |
N |
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