Property Name:UNITED STATES POST OFFICE
Resource Name:SAME
Address: 121 W BROADWAY
City: WAURIKA
Vicinity: No Data
County: Jefferson
Lot: 15-18
Block: 15
Plate Name: WAURIKA PROPER
Section: 35
Township: 4S
Range: 8W
Restype: Building
Historic Function: Post Office
Current Function: Post Office
Area of Significance 1: Politics/Government
Area of Significance 2: Architecture
Description of Significance: IN CONTINUOUS USE AS A POST OFFICE SINCE JUNE OF 1937. THIS BUILDING DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR NOMINATION TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, OTHER THAN AGE. THE ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY OF THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN DESTROYED./ 2004 UPDATE: THIS BUILDING IS ASSOCIATED WITH NEW DEAL ART.
Document Source: USPS, OK DISTRICT, OFFICE OF ADMIN SERVICES
Name Preparer: JERRY SPRINGER, USPS/ALYSON GREINER
Survey Provider: YES
Project Name: THEMATIC SURVEY OF NEW DEAL ART
Date Prepared: 1996; UPDATED 6/22/2004
Photograph: Yes
Year: 1996 AND 2004
Arch build: LOUIS A. SIMON
Year Built: 1937
Original Site: Yes
Date Moved: No Data
From Where: No Data
Accessible: Yes
Arch Style: 73
Other Arch Style: None
Foundation Material: Concrete
Roof Type: Flat
Roof Material: Asphalt
Wall material 1: Brick
Wall material 2: Limestone
Window Type: DOUBLE HUNG
Window Material: Wood
Door Type: DOUBLE, GLAZED SLAB
Door Material: Metal
External Features: ORIGINAL LIGHT STANDARDS AT FRONT ENTRY. ORIGINAL DOUBLE HUNG WOODEN WINDOWS
Internal Features: LOBBY HAS QUARRY TILE FLOOR, WAINSCOT AND BASE. ORIGINAL WOOD AND GLASS ENTRY VESTIBULE, LOBBY DESKS, AND BULLETIN BOARDS. ALSO A 1939 MURAL "CANADIAN HONKERS" BY THEODORE VAN SOELEN.
Des Detail: BEVELED BRICKWORK
Condition: Good (very well maintained)
Description of Resource: A VERY MODEST ONE STORY ART DECO STYLE BUILDING. FACADE IS SYMMETRICAL AROUND THE MAIN ENTRY WHICH IS SLIGHTLY RECESSED. THE DOORS AND WINDOWS ON THE FRONT ARE ACCENTUATED BY THE USE OF RECESSED OR BEVELED BRICKWORK.
Comments: AREA WALL AND STEPS EXTENDED AT WEST BASEMENT ENTRY, 1944. ORIGINAL WOOD PANEL AND PLATE GLASS ENTRY DOORS AND WOOD FRAME TRANSOM REMOVED IN 1964. REPLACED WITH ALUMINUM FRAMED DOORS AND TRANSOM. SKYLIGHT OVER WORKROOM REMOVED. AIR CONDITIONING ADDED, LI
Placement: ON THE SE CORNER OF FIRST AND BROADWAY
Listed on National Registry?: No Data
National Register Entry: No Data
Continuation: None
Date Updated: 2012-08-22 12:08:49.000
Latitude: 34.16405
Long: -98.00275
UTM Zone: Easting: None
Northing: None
Year Closed: None
