Property Name:CUSHING ARMORY
Resource Name:SAME
Address: 218 S. LITTLE AVE.
City: CUSHING
Vicinity: No Data
County: Payne
Lot: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Block: 2
Plate Name: ELMWOOD ADDITION
Section: SW4 OF NW4 SEC 3
Township: T17N
Range: R5E
Restype: Building
Historic Function: Arms Storage
Current Function: Arms Storage
Area of Significance 1: Performing Arts
Area of Significance 2: Architecture
Description of Significance: THIS PROPERTY IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER (1994).
Document Source: SANBORN FIRE INSURANCE MAP, 1931, 1938. NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM, 1993.
Name Preparer: STEVE BUCHHOLZ
Survey Provider: YES
Project Name: 4 NE OK TOWNS
Date Prepared: February 8, 1995
Photograph: Yes
Year: 1995
Arch build: ARCHITECT: BRYAN W. NOLEN
Year Built: 1935-1937
Original Site: Yes
Date Moved: No Data
From Where: No Data
Accessible: Yes
Arch Style: 80
Other Arch Style: None
Foundation Material: Concrete
Roof Type: Flat And Barrel
Roof Material: Asphalt
Wall material 1: Sandstone
Wall material 2: No Data
Window Type: HOPPER
Window Material: Metal
Door Type: GLAZED PANEL
Door Material: Metal
External Features: PEDIMENTED PILASTER FLANKING ENTRANCE
Internal Features: BASEMENT RIFLE RANGE
Des Detail: CUT STONE COPING
Condition: Excellent (perfectly maintained)
Description of Resource: THE SINGLE STORY ARMORY IS CONSTRUCTED OF SANDSTONE. THE BUILDING CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS, THE FLAT-ROOFED ADMINISTRATIVE SECT- ION AND THE BARREL-ROOFED DRILL HALL. THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION BUILT THE ARMORY 1935-1937. THE NATIVE SAND- STONE AND FO
Comments: EXAMPLE OF WPA ARCHITECTURE IN OKLAHOMA. THE CUSHING ARMORY IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND IS STILL USED BY THE NATIONAL GUARD TODAY.
Placement: ??
Listed on National Registry?: Yes
National Register Entry: 05/20/1994
Continuation: None
Date Updated: 2017-05-31 12:07:51.000
Latitude: 35.97796
Long: -96.76744
UTM Zone: Easting: None
Northing: None
Year Closed: None
