Property Name:UNITED STATES POST OFFICE
Resource Name:SAME
Address: 320 W MAIN
City: MARLOW
Vicinity: No Data
County: Stephens
Lot: 11-14
Block: 22
Plate Name: MARLOW CITY
Section: 17
Township: 2N
Range: 7W
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 1940. THIS BUILDING, OTHER THAN AGE, 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: 1995 AND 2004
Arch build: W.G. NOLL, FED WORKS AGENCY; 2004--CORNERSTONE LISTS LOUIS A. SIMON
Year Built: 1940
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: FIXED/SINGLE HUNG
Window Material: Aluminum
Door Type: DOUBLE
Door Material: Glass
External Features: ORIGINAL LIGHT STANDARDS AT FRONT ENTRY.
Internal Features: LOBBY HAS CHECKERED PATTERN TERRAZZO FLOOR WITH MARBLE WAINSCOT AND BASE TRIM. ORIGINAL WOOD AND GLASS ENTRY VESTIBULE AND LOBBY DESKS. ALSO HAS A 1942 MURAL "CATTLE DAYS" BY LEW E. DAVIS.
Des Detail: SCULPTURE RELIEF OVER FRONT ENTRY OF TRAIN, PLANE AND BOAT.
Condition: Good (very well maintained)
Description of Resource: A ONE STORY ART DECO STYLE BUILDING. THE FACADE IS SYMMETRICAL. THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE FRONT IS MARKED BY LIMESTONE PANELS ENGRAVED WITH A TRAIN, PLANE, AND BOAT. RECESSED OR BEVELED BRICK HELPS ACCENTUATE THE WINDOWS AND DOOR.
Comments: SKYLIGHT REMOVED FROM WORKROOM, HOLLOW METAL DOORS WITH POLISHED PLATE GLASS PANES, HOLLOW METAL FRAMES, AND TRANSOM WITH FIXED SASH REMOVED FROM FRONT ENTRY. REPLACED WITH STOREFRONT ALUMINUM FRAMES AND GLASS IN 1963. WOODEN FRAMED WINDOWS REPLACED WITH
Placement: ON THE SE CORNER OF FOURTH AND MAIN
Listed on National Registry?: No Data
National Register Entry: No Data
Continuation: None
Date Updated: 2022-11-29 11:05:36.000
Latitude: 34.64738
Long: -97.95889
UTM Zone: Easting: None
Northing: None
Year Closed: None
