Property Name:NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY
Resource Name:NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY
Address: NE 36TH AND M. L. KING
City: OKLAHOMA CITY
Vicinity: None
County: Oklahoma
Lot: None
Block: None
Plate Name: None
Section: SW 13
Township: 12 N
Range: 2 W
Restype: Building
Historic Function: Military Facility
Current Function: Museum
Area of Significance 1: No Data
Area of Significance 2: No Data
Description of Significance: WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED AS AN OFFICER&#39S CLUB, BUT ELEGANCE OF THE STRUCTURE CAUSED THAT USE TO BE ROUNDLY CRITICIZED. DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ALTERATIONS, INCLUDING TWO ADDITIONS, THE PROPERTY IS NOT ELIGIBILE FOR THE NRHP.
Document Source: SEE NARRATIVE AND LETTER FROM GENERAL DAUGHERTY.
Name Preparer: W. DAVID BAIRD
Survey Provider: YES
Project Name: WPA SURVEY, III
Date Prepared: JULY 28, 1987
Photograph: Yes
Year: JULY 13, 1987
Arch build: WPA APPROPRIATION: $45,000
Year Built: 1936
Original Site: Yes
Date Moved: None
From Where: None
Accessible: Yes
Arch Style: 0
Other Arch Style: Not Applicable
Foundation Material: Concrete
Roof Type: Gabled
Roof Material: Wood
Wall material 1: Stone
Wall material 2: No Data
Window Type: None
Window Material: Metal
Door Type: DOUBLE
Door Material: Wood
External Features: SOME OF THE ELONGATED WINDOW OPENINGS HAVE BEEN FILLED IN WIGH WOOD INSERS; SMALL ADDITION ON NORTHWEST; LARGE ADDITIONS TO THE SOUTH, TOTALLY COVERING THE REAR SIDE.
Internal Features: None
Des Detail: MASONRY INSETS ON FRONT FACADE (GABLE); RUSTICATED STONE; EXCELLENT MASONRY.
Condition: Excellent (perfectly maintained)
Description of Resource: None
Comments: THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, NOW THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE 45TH INFANTRY DIVISION MUSEUM. THE HIGH GABLES MAKE IT PARTICULARLY NOTABLE. IN ALL, IT IS WHOOLY UNUSUAL FOR A WPA CONSTRUCTED ARMORY.
Placement: None
Listed on National Registry?: No
National Register Entry: No Data
Continuation: None
Date Updated: 2010-08-05 00:00:00.000
Latitude: 0.00000
Long: 0.00000
UTM Zone: Easting: None
Northing: None
Year Closed: None
