National Register Record for CANUTE SERVICE STATION

Historic Name: CANUTE SERVICE STATION
Current Name: SAME
Address: SW CORNER OF MAIN AND HIGHWAY 66
City: CANUTE            County: WASHITA
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THIS ONE-STORY RECTANGULAR-SHAPED STUCCOED SERVICE STATION IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE SOUTHWESTERN ADAPTATION OF THE ART DECO STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE KNOWN AS PUEBLO DECO. IT PLAYED AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN COMMERCE ALONG HISTORIC ROUTE 66. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 2/9/95

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: COMMERCE/TRADE
Current Function: None
Area of Significance 1: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: ART DECO (PUEBLO DECO)
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: C.1939-1944            Original Site: YES
Condition: FAIR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: ANDERS, MARY ANN. "A SURVEY OF ROUTE 66 THROUGH OKLAHOMA," OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE, 1984.
Date Prepared: 5/31/92