National Register Record for OLD SCIENCE BUILDING

Historic Name: OLD SCIENCE BUILDING
Current Name: SAME
Address: STATE STREET AND COLLEGE AVENUE
City: WEATHERFORD            County: CUSTER
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE OLD SCIENCE BUILDING IS A THREE-STORY NEOCLASSICAL STYLE BUILDING ON THE CAMPUS OF SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN WEATHERFORD. BUILT IN 1909, THE SCIENCE BUILDING IS ONE OF THE OLDEST EXTANT BUILDINGS ON CAMPUS. ITS OUTSTANDING FEATURE IS A PORTICO WITH A TRIANGULAR PEDIMENT, SUPPORTED BY SIX, FIFTY FOOT IONIC COLUMNS ON THE FRONT ELEVATION. AT ONE TIME, THE BUILDING HOUSED AS MANY AS SIXTEEN DIFFERENT ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING SCIENCE. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 2/23/1984.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: EDUCATION
Current Function: EDUCATION
Area of Significance 1: EDUCATION
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: NEOCLASSICAL
Architect: SUDHOELTER, CHARLES H.
Year Built: 1909            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: NOVEMBER 1983