Property Name:CHANDLER ARMORY
Resource Name:CHANDLER NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY
Address: CORNER OF MICKEY CLARKSON AVENUE AND 1ST STREET
City: CHANDLER
Vicinity: No Data
County: Lincoln
Lot: No Data
Block: No Data
Plate Name: CITY PARK
Section: 9, NE4, NE4, NE4, NE4
Township: 14N
Range: 4E
Restype: Building
Historic Function: Arms Storage
Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use
Area of Significance 1: Architecture
Area of Significance 2: Social History
Description of Significance: SIGNIFICANT DUE TO ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE WPA. ALSO SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLE OF WPA STANDARDIZED STYLE. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER, 3/14/1991.
Document 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, OK:OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1987;
Name Preparer: SUSAN L. ALLEN
Survey Provider: YES
Project Name: WPA BUILDING IN OKLAHOMA
Date Prepared: 10/3/1990
Photograph: Yes
Year: 1990
Arch build: BRYAN NOLAN - SUPERVISING ARCHITECT / WPA - BUILDER
Year Built: 1935
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 Barrell
Roof Material: Asphalt
Wall material 1: Stone
Wall material 2: No Data
Window Type: FIXED
Window Material: Metal
Door Type: SLAB
Door Material: Wood
External Features: RIBBON WINDOWS; BARREL ROOFED DRILL AREA
Internal Features: No Data
Des Detail: No Data
Condition: Good (very well maintained)
Description of Resource: RETAINS A HIGH DEGREE OF ITS ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORIC INTEGRITY. SOME ALTERATIONS TO THE BATTERY OFFICE, AND THE INSERTION OF FANS IN SOME OF THE WEST ELEVATION WINDOWS, THE CHANDLER ARMORY IS ESSENTIALLY UNALTERED.
Comments: DOCUMENTATION SOURCES (CONT): THE CHANDLER NEWS-PUBLICIST, 5/1935 - 3/1937; KENNY A FRANKS, CITIZEN SOLDIERS: OKLAHOMA'S NATIONAL GUARD, NORMAN: UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 1983; HISTORICAL ANNUAL: NATIONAL GUARD OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, 1938, BATON RO
Placement: None
Listed on National Registry?: Yes
National Register Entry: 91000276
Continuation: None
Date Updated: 2017-07-06 13:56:48.000
Latitude: 35.70984
Long: -96.87563
UTM Zone: Easting: None
Northing: None
Year Closed: None
