National Register Record for PERRY ARMORY

Historic Name: PERRY ARMORY
Current Name: None
Address: DELAWARE AND FOURTEENTH STREETS
City: PERRY            County: NOBLE
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE PERRY ARMORY WAS A 1936 PROJECT OF THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION IN NOBLE COUNTY. THE ARMORY IS A SINGLE-STORY RECTANGULAR BUILDING CONSTRUCTED OF RUSTICATED AND CUT NATIVE STONE IN A RANDOM COURSED ASHLAR PATTERN. THE BUILDING IS A CENTRAL BLOCK AND WINGS TYPE WITH A CENTRAL, BARREL ROOFED DRILL HALL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER FACILITIES LOCATED IN THE FLAT ROOFED WINGS TO EITHER SIDE. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER, 5/20/1994.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: DEFENSE: ARMS STORAGE
Current Function: DEFENSE: ARMS STORAGE
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: MILITARY
Architectural Style: OTHER (WPA STANDARDIZED STYLE)
Architect: WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION - BUILDER
Year Built: 1936            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: "ACCOMPLISHMENTS: WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION FOR OKLAHOMA, 7/1/1935 - 3/1/1937", OKLAHOMA CITY: WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION, 1937; W. DAVID BAIRD, "FINAL REPORT: WPA STRUCTURES THEMATIC SURVEY (PHASE III)", STILLWATER: OKLA. STATE UNIV. PRESS, 1987;
Date Prepared: 1988