National Register Record for HEALDTON OIL FIELD BUNK HOUSE

Historic Name: HEALDTON OIL FIELD BUNK HOUSE
Current Name: HALES OIL INTEREST OFFICE
Address: CREST ROAD
City: WILSON VIC.            County: CARTER
Section: 9           Township: 4S           Range: 2W          
Description of significance: THE HEALDTON/HEWITT OIL FIELD BUNKHOUSE IS BOTH HISTORICALLY AND ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE REPRESENTS THE HEIGHT OF OILFIELD ACTIVITY IN THE HEALDTON FIELD. OIL FIELD HOUSING WAS NOT BUILT TO LAST, AND THIS 1923 EXAMPLE, WITH ITS MONITOR ROOF AND BOARD & BATTEN SIDING, IS TYPICAL OF THE TEMPORARY, UTILITARIAN NATURE OF OILFIELD CONSTRUCTION. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 9/26/85.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: INSTITUTIONAL HOUSING
Current Function: COMMERCE/TRADE
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: INDUSTRY
Architectural Style: OTHER (BOARD AND BATTEN OIL FIELD BUNKHOUSE)
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1923            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: INTERVIEW WITH EUGENE BOLLES, JUNE 1984; FRANKS, KENNY, "THE OKLAHOMA PETROLEUM INDUSTRY", UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 1980, PP. 79-88.
Date Prepared: OCTOBER 1984