Property Name:IDABEL ARMORY
Resource Name:IDABEL ARMORY
Address: SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON STREET & F AVENUE
City: IDABEL
Vicinity: None
County: McCurtain
Lot: 1-6
Block: 7
Plate Name: WHITEMAN'S
Section: 5
Township: T8S
Range: R24E
Restype: Building
Historic Function: Defense
Current Function: Transportation
Area of Significance 1: Architecture
Area of Significance 2: No Data
Description of Significance: NATIONAL REGISTER LISTED IN 1988.
Document Source: NR NOMINATION
Name Preparer: ANDREW BASHAW
Survey Provider: YES
Project Name: 4 SE OK TOWNS
Date Prepared: 5/7/2001
Photograph: Yes
Year: 2001
Arch build: None
Year Built: 1936
Original Site: Yes
Date Moved: None
From Where: None
Accessible: Yes
Arch Style: 80
Other Arch Style: Wpa Standardized Style
Foundation Material: Concrete
Roof Type: Barrel
Roof Material: Asphalt
Wall material 1: Stone
Wall material 2: No Data
Window Type: CASEMENT
Window Material: Metal
Door Type: PANELED
Door Material: Wood
External Features: FLAG POLE; PARAPET; FIVE GARAGE BAYS
Internal Features: None
Des Detail: PILASTERS; FLAT ARCH LINTELS; BLIND ROUND ARCHES
Condition: Good (very well maintained)
Description of Resource: ONE STORY ARMORY BUILT IN THE WPA STANDARDIZED STYLE OF UNCOURSED STONE. TWO FLAT ROOF ONE-STORY WINGS FLANK THE
Comments: SINGLE STORY, ESSENTIALLY RECTANGULAR WITH TWO WINGS STRUCTURE OF UNTOOLED NATIVE SANDSTONE WITH RUBBLE MASONRY
Placement: None
Listed on National Registry?: Yes
National Register Entry: 88001409
Continuation: 44. ARMORY. THE MAIN ARMORY BUILDING CONSISTS OF A STEPPED PARAPET AND STEPPED PILASTERS ON THE ENDS OF THE BUILDING. THE WINDOWS ON THE FACADE RESEMBLE CHICAGO-STYLE WINDOWS WITH TWO SMALLER WINDOWS FLANKING A LARGER, MIDDLE ONE. THE MIDDLE WINDOWS HAVE FLAT ARCH LINTELS WHILE THE OTHERS HAVE STONES PLACED SO AS TO CREATE THE EFFECT OF BLIND ROUND ARCHES. ENTRANCES ON THE EAST AND WEST ELEVATIONS ARE FLANKED BY WIDE PILASTERS AND THE DOORWAYS ARE TOPPED WITH LARGE PIECES OF LIMESTONE, ALSO SET IN BLIND ROUNDS ARCH FASHION. SEVERAL WINDOWS ON THE EAST AND WEST ELEVATIONS HAVE BEEN BOARDED UP OR HAVE CORRUGATED METAL IN-FILL.
Date Updated: 2013-11-05 11:25:23.000
Latitude: 33.89551
Long: -94.82183
UTM Zone: Easting: None
Northing: None
Year Closed: None
