Property Name:LINCOLN PARK ARMORY
Resource Name:LINCOLN PARK ARMORY
Address: 2145 NE 36TH STREET
City: OKLAHOMA CITY
Vicinity: None
County: Oklahoma
Lot: None
Block: None
Plate Name: None
Section: SW 1/4 SECTION 13
Township: 12 N
Range: 3 W
Restype: Building
Historic Function: Military Facility
Current Function: Museum
Area of Significance 1: Military
Area of Significance 2: No Data
Description of Significance: CONTRUCTED AS AN OFFICER'S HEADQUARTERS ALSO TO BE USED FOR VETERANS GROUP IN 1936, HOWEVER, DUE TO PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS IT OPENED AS AN ARMORY. IT WAS AT ONE TIME REFERRED TO AS THE LINCOLN PARK ARMORY. IT IS NOW REFERRED TO AS THE LINCOLN PARK ARMORY. IT IS NOW REFERRED TO AS THE 45TH INFANTRY DIVISION MUSEUM.
Document Source: THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN, DECEMBER 27, 1936. (ARTICLE ATTACHED) ORAL INTERVIEW WITH MUSEUM CURATOR, MR. MICHAEL GONZALES.
Name Preparer: BRENDA HERNANDEZ, ENVIROMENTAL SPECIALIST
Survey Provider: YES
Project Name: WPA SURVEY III
Date Prepared: JULY 29, 2010
Photograph: Yes
Year: 2010
Arch build: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1936 (WITH ADDITION IN 1976)
Original Site: Yes
Date Moved: None
From Where: None
Accessible: Yes
Arch Style: 53
Other Arch Style: None
Foundation Material: Concrete
Roof Type: Gabled And Hipped
Roof Material: Shingle
Wall material 1: Stone
Wall material 2: Brick
Window Type: CASEMENT
Window Material: Metal
Door Type: SLAB
Door Material: 50.0
External Features: COVERED ENTRY PORCH, DORMERS, 3 CHIMNEYS
Internal Features: TALL BEAMED CEILING, WOOD PANELING, AND STONE FIREPLACE WITH WOODEN MANTEL IN 1936 SOUTH FACING EXTERIOR STONE ARCHES ARE VISIBLE FROM THE INTERIOR.
Des Detail: ORIGINAL THUNDERBIRD INSIGNIA ON THE EXTERIOR FACING CHIMNEY, 2 WAGON WHEEL CHANDELIERS STILL HANG WITH ORIGINAL HELMETS INSIDE.
Condition: Good (very well maintained)
Description of Resource: THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE (NORTHRN MOST SECTION) WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1936. A SEPERATE SHOP WAS CONSTRUCTED TO THE SOUTH IN APPROXMATELY 1950. MR. MICHAEL GONZALES, LONG TERM MUSEUM CURATOR, REPORTS A BUILDING ADDITION WAS CONTRUCTED IN APPROXMATLY 1976 IN BETWEEN THE 1936 AND 1950 STRUCTURES, WHICH NOW JOINS ALL THREE STRUCTURES GIVING THE APPEARANCE OF ONE BUILDING. THE ORIGINAL SOUTHERN EXTERIOR OG THE 1936 SECTION IS NO LONGER VISIBLE TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE DUE TO ADDITION OF THE 1976 SECTION. THE 1936 STRUCTURE HAS ASPHALT/FIBERGLASS LAMINATED COMPOSITION TYPE ROOFING SHINGLES LAST REPLACE IN 2001. THE FACING ON MOST OF THE GABLE ENDS HAVE BEEN SIDED WITH METAL PANELS WHICH HAS ALSO COVERED AT LEAST ONE WINDOE PREVIOUSLY VISIBLE. SOME OF THE ELONGATED WINDOW OPENINGS HAVE BEEN COVERED WITH METAL OR WOOD INSERTS. THE THREE UPPER WINDOWS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE 1936 STRUCTURE NOW HAVE ALUMINUM HUNG SASHES. THE ORIGINAL NORTH EXTERIOR OF THE 1950 STRUCTURE IS ALSO NO LONGER VISIBLE DUE TO CONSTRUCTION OF THE 1976 ADDITION. THE GARAGE DOOR AND WINDOW OPENINGS ON THE SOUTH EXTERIOR WALL OF THE 1950 STRUCTURE HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH BRICK. THE 1950 STRUCTURE HAS A LOW SLOPPED GABLED ROOF SURFACED WITH A METAL OR FIBERGLASS SHEETING. THE 1976 SECTION HAS A FLAT ROOF SURFACED WITH ASPHALT AND EMBEDDED GRAVEL LAST REPLACED IN 2001 THAT ALSO HOUSES THE HVAC UNITS. DUE TO THESE VARIOUS ADDITIONS THE MUSUEM'S CURRENT ARCHITECTURAL STYLE WOULD BE 90-MIXED. THE 1936 STRUCTURE ORIGINALLY HAD THREE FIREPLACE. ONE FIREPLACE HAS BEEN REMOVED HOWEVER THE FLU AND CHIMNEY TO THE REMOVED FIRE PLACE REMIAN. MULTIPLE WALLS WITHIN THE INTERIOR OF THE 1936 STRUCTURE HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. TWO BATHEROOMS WERE REMOVED AND CONVERTED INTO DISPLAY/OTHER FUNCTION AREAS. THE STAIRWELL IN THE 1936 STRUCTURE IS IN THE SAME LOCAL HOWEVER ALL OF THE ORIGINAL WOOD WAS REPLACED IN APPROXIMATELY 1960 DUE TO TERMITE DAMAGE.
Comments: None
Placement: None
Listed on National Registry?: No Data
National Register Entry: None
Continuation: None
Date Updated: 2020-01-13 18:20:13.000
Latitude: 35.50796
Long: -97.47388
UTM Zone: NO DATA
Easting: NO DATA
Northing: NO DATA
Year Closed: None
