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1.Property Name ARDMORE MUNICIPAL BUILDING
2.Resource Name ARDMORE MUNICIPAL BUILDING
3.Address 23 WASHINGTON STREET SOUTH
4.City ARDMORE
5.Vicinity No Data
6. County Carter
7.Lot 1
8.Block 379
9.Plat Name ORIGINAL TOWN
10.Section NE 4, NE 4, SEC 31
11.Township 4S
12.Range 2E
13a.Latitude (North) 34.17141
13b.Longitude (West) -97.12916
14a.UTM Zone
14b.Northings
14c.Eastings
15.Resource Type Building
16.Historic Function City Hall
17.Current Function City Hall
18.Area of significance, Primary ARCHITECTURE
19.Area of significance, Secondary NO DATA
20.Description of Significance BUILDING WAS A WPA PROJECT. ART DECO DETAILS AND BLONDE BRICK AN EXAMPLE OF FINE CRAFT SMANSHIP AND ARTISTIC MERIT OF MEN WHO BUILT THE BUILDING.
21.Document Resource SHPO OLI FILES; SHORT, C.H. AND R. STANLEY-BROWN. PUBLIC BUILDINGS; ARCHITECTURE UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATIONS, 1933-1939. WASHINGTON, DC: U S GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1939.
22.Name of the Preparer GRACE VENABLE
23.Survey Project YES  Project Name: A/H/R/SURVEY OF ARDMORE
24.Date of Preparation JULY 1994
25.Photographs Yes      Year:  4 ARD 27, 28
26. Architect/Builder WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
27. Year Built 1937
28.Original Site Yes  Date Moved: No Data
From Where No Data
29.Accessible Yes
30.Architectural Style Moderne
Other Architectural Style Not Applicable
31.Foundation Material UNCOLLECTED
32.Roof Type FLAT WITH PARAPET
33.Roof Material UNCOLLECTED
34.Wall Material (Primary) BRICK
35.Wall Material (Secondary) NO DATA
36.Window Type DOUBLE-HUNG
37.Window Material METAL
38.Door Type DOUBLE, GLAZED
39.Door Material METAL
40.Exterior Features MASSIVE ENTRANCE BLOCK; FLAT ROOF WITH
41.Interior Features REMODELED
42.Decorative Details LIMESTONE DETAILS IN ART MODERNE
43.Condition of Resource Good (very well maintained)
44.Description of Resource THREE STORY, RECTANGULAR BUILDING OF BLONDE BRICK. BUILDING HAS ART MODERNE DETAILS; DOOR RECESSED INTO MASSIVE BRICK PIL- ASTER CAPPED BY LINTEL WITH "MUNICIPAL BUILDING" INSCRIBED STONE COURSEWORK BELOW FIRST AND THIRD STORY WINDOWS WITH SECOND STORY W
45.Comments THE HISTORIC WINDOWS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH MODERN TINTED BROWN WINDOWS WHICH TO NOT DETRACT FROM THE OVERALL APPEARANCE. A NEW FIRE DEPARTMENT BUILDING HAS BEEN ATTACHED TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. THIS ADDITION DOES NOT MATCH OR ENHANCE THE
46.Placement
47.Listed on National Register No
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National Register Entry No Data
Date Updated (mm/dd/yyyy) 8/2/2012 1:37:13 PM
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