Property Name:HEALDTON ARMORY
Resource Name:HEALDTON NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY
Address: CORNER OF FOURTH AND FRANKLIN STREETS
City: HEALDTON
Vicinity: No Data
County: Carter
Lot: 7 -12
Block: 49
Plate Name: ORIGINAL HEALDTON CITY
Section: 2
Township: 4S
Range: 3W
Restype: Building
Historic Function: Arms Storage
Current Function: Arms Storage
Area of Significance 1: Military
Area of Significance 2: Architecture
Description of Significance: LISTED IN THE NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTER, APRIL 7, 1994. SIGNIFICANT IN THE AREA OF WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION PROJECTS IN ANADARKO, IN MILITARY CONTEXT IT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL OKLAHOMA NATIONAL GUARD UNIT.
Document Source: "ACCOMPLISHMENTS: WPA FOR OKLAHOMA, JULY 1, 1935- MARCH 1, 1937", WPA, 1937; BAIRD, W.DAVID, "FINAL REPORT: WPA STRUCTURES THEMATIC SURVEY (PHASE III)", 1987; HEALTON HERALD, JULY 28, 1935 - MARCH 8, 1937;
Name Preparer: DIANNA EVERETT
Survey Provider: YES
Project Name: No Data
Date Prepared: MARCH 1, 1993
Photograph: Yes
Year: 1993
Arch build: WPA, BUILDER; BRYAN W. NOLEN, SUPERVISING ARCHITECT
Year Built: 1936
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; Barrel- Shaped
Roof Material: Asphalt
Wall material 1: Brick
Wall material 2: Concrete
Window Type: FIXED
Window Material: Metal
Door Type: GLAZED SLAB
Door Material: Metal
External Features: ONE-STORY BUILDING, MOSTLY FLAT ROOFED WITH THE CENTRAL PART OF THE BUILDING BEING BARREL SHAPED. MULTIPLE OVERHEAD GARAGE DOORS
Internal Features: ALL INTERIOR WALLS ARE LOAD BEARING AND CONSTRUCTED OF BRICK. ALL INTERIOR DOORS ARE OF THE ORIGINAL WOOD PANEL TYPE. DROP CEILINGS
Des Detail: ELABORATE DOOR SURROUND IN THE NORTH FAÇADE. CONSISTS OF MARKEDLY STEPPED AND CASTELATED PARAPET BUTTRESSED BY MASSIVE PIERS AND WING WALLS THAT ENFRAME THE SEGMENTAL-ARCHED ENTRY. CAST CONCRETE DECORATIVE ELEMENTS
Condition: Good (very well maintained)
Description of Resource: ALTERATIONS INCLUDE A DROP CEILING, REFLOORING THE DRILL HALL WITH A BASKETBALL FLOOR. ASIDE FROM REPLACING DETERIORATED DOORS AND INTERIOR RENOVATION, THE HEALDTON ARMORY IS ESSENTIALLY UNALTERED FROM ITS ORIGINAL APPEARANCE.
Comments: 20 DOCUMENTATION SOURCES (CON'T): "INDEX TO REFERENCE CARDS FOR THE WPA FILES, 1935 - 1942.", WPA, 1942, MICRO T-935, REEL 54.
Placement: None
Listed on National Registry?: Yes
National Register Entry: 94000280
Continuation: None
Date Updated: 2012-08-02 14:11:47.000
Latitude: 34.23390
Long: -97.48766
UTM Zone: Easting: None
Northing: None
Year Closed: None
