| 1.Property Name |
WATONGA POST OFFICE |
| 2.Resource Name |
UNITED STATES POST OFFICE |
| 3.Address |
121 N NOBLE |
| 4.City |
WATONGA |
| 5.Vicinity |
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| 6. County |
Blaine |
| 7.Lot |
N/A |
| 8.Block |
N/A |
| 9.Plat Name |
N/A |
| 10.Section |
19 |
| 11.Township |
16N |
| 12.Range |
11W |
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13a.Latitude (North) |
35.8452975
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13b.Longitude (West) |
-98.4133251
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14a.UTM Zone |
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14b.Northings |
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14c.Eastings
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| 15.Resource Type |
Building |
| 16.Historic Function |
Post Office |
| 17.Current Function |
Post Office |
| 18.Area of significance, Primary |
POLITICS/GOVERNMENT |
| 19.Area of significance, Secondary |
ART |
| 20.Description of Significance |
BULT IN THE 30S AS PART OF THE NEW DEAL PWP WHICH ENHANCED THE QUALITY OF LIVING BY PROVIDING JOBS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND NEEDED COMMUNITY BULDINGS. ALSO MURAL BY ART TEACHER AT UNIV OKLA . EDITH MAHIER, WHO WON THE HONOR IN A COMPETITION DESIGN CONTEST . |
| 21.Document Resource |
CORNERSTONE; NEW DEAL MURALS IN OKLAHOMA BY NICHOLAS CALCAGNO 1976, P. 40 |
| 22.Name of the Preparer |
S J VAUGHAN & ALYSON GREINER |
| 23.Survey Project |
YES
Project Name:
THEMATIC SURVEY OF NEW DEAL ART
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| 24.Date of Preparation |
May 6,1991 & 6/22/2004 |
| 25.Photographs |
Yes
Year:
2004 |
| 26. Architect/Builder |
LOUIS SIMON/ MCMILLEN CONSTRUCTION CO |
| 27. Year Built |
1936-1937 |
| 28.Original Site |
Yes
Date Moved:
N/A |
| From Where |
N/A |
| 29.Accessible |
Yes |
| 30.Architectural Style |
LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY REVIVALS |
| Other Architectural Style
|
Not Applicable |
| 31.Foundation Material |
CONCRETE |
| 32.Roof Type |
GABLE |
| 33.Roof Material |
ASPHALT |
| 34.Wall Material (Primary) |
BRICK |
| 35.Wall Material (Secondary) |
INAPPLICABLE |
| 36.Window Type |
HUNG |
| 37.Window Material |
WOOD |
| 38.Door Type |
GLAZED DOUBLE DOOR |
| 39.Door Material |
METAL |
| 40.Exterior Features |
INTERIOR CHIMNEY, ONE STORY, BASEMENT |
| 41.Interior Features |
LOBBY FLOOR TERRAZZO; NORTH WALL IS DECORATED WITH A MURAL "ROMAN NOSE CANYON" PAINTED BY EDITH MAHIER IN 1941, SHE WON A COMMISSION FROM THE SECTION TO PAINT THE MURAL. |
| 42.Decorative Details |
ROUND ARCH WINDOWS; MODILLIONS |
| 43.Condition of Resource |
Good (very well maintained) |
| 44.Description of Resource |
A ONE-STORY BRICK BUILDING DESIGNED IN THE FEDERAL REVIVAL STYLE WITH A SIMPLE SYMMETRICAL FACADE, MODILLIONS, AND CORNICE RETURNS ON THE GABLE ENDS. A KEYED ROUND ARCH WITH A SUNBURST MOTIF FRAMES THE ENTRANCE. MATCHING EYEBROW WINDOWS DECORATE THE GABLE PEAKS AND CONTINUE THE SUNBURST DESIGN. THE BUILDING IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. |
| 45.Comments |
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| 46.Placement |
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| 47.Listed on National Register |
Yes |
| Continuation: |
THERE IS A MURAL PAINTED BY EDITH MAHIER, AN ART PROFESSOR AT OU, THAT HANGS ON THE NORTH WALL. FOLLOWING THE MURALS INSTALLAITON, SOME CHEYENNE INDIANS PROTESTED THE MURAL AND ITS DEPICTION OF NATIVE AMERICANS. THIS WAS LATER EXPOSED AS A PUBLICITY STUNT. |
| National Register Entry |
09000213 |
| Date Updated (mm/dd/yyyy) |
4/30/2009 12:00:00 AM |