| 1.Property Name |
UNITED STATES POST OFFICE |
| 2.Resource Name |
STILWELL POST OFFICE |
| 3.Address |
16 SOUTH SECOND STREET |
| 4.City |
STILWELL |
| 5.Vicinity |
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| 6. County |
Adair |
| 7.Lot |
1 |
| 8.Block |
30 |
| 9.Plat Name |
ORIGINAL TOWN |
| 10.Section |
35 |
| 11.Township |
15N |
| 12.Range |
25E |
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13a.Latitude (North) |
35.8137919
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13b.Longitude (West) |
-94.6290294
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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 |
BUILDING IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE OF ITS ASSOCIATION WITH NEW DEAL ART. |
| 21.Document Resource |
CORNERSTONE; 1925 SANBORN MAP |
| 22.Name of the Preparer |
ALYSON GREINER/HARTLEY |
| 23.Survey Project |
YES
Project Name:
THEMATIC SURVEY OF NEW DEAL ART
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| 24.Date of Preparation |
7/30/2004 & 1991 |
| 25.Photographs |
Yes
Year:
2004 &1991 |
| 26. Architect/Builder |
LOUIS A. SIMON, SUPERVISING ARCHITECT. |
| 27. Year Built |
1940 |
| 28.Original Site |
Yes
Date Moved:
N/A |
| From Where |
N/A |
| 29.Accessible |
Yes |
| 30.Architectural Style |
Colonial Revival |
| Other Architectural Style
|
Not Applicable |
| 31.Foundation Material |
CONCRETE |
| 32.Roof Type |
HIPPED |
| 33.Roof Material |
METAL |
| 34.Wall Material (Primary) |
BRICK |
| 35.Wall Material (Secondary) |
NO DATA |
| 36.Window Type |
HUNG |
| 37.Window Material |
WOOD |
| 38.Door Type |
GLAZED SLAB, DOUBLE DOORS |
| 39.Door Material |
METAL |
| 40.Exterior Features |
SCULPTED EAGLE OVER ENTRANCE, SCONCES. LARGE CHIMNEY IN BACK |
| 41.Interior Features |
1942 MURAL "CHEROKEE INDIAN FARMING AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY" BY OLGA MOHR ON THE SOUTH WALL. |
| 42.Decorative Details |
CANTED CORNERS |
| 43.Condition of Resource |
Good (very well maintained) |
| 44.Description of Resource |
A ONE STORY BUILDING WITH BASEMENT, AND A VERY MODEST EXAMPLE OF THE COLONIAL REVIVAL STYLE WITH A HIPPED ROOF. FACADE IS SYMMETRICAL AND THE CORNERS OF THE MAIN PART OF THE BUILDING ARE CANTED. |
| 45.Comments |
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| 46.Placement |
S. OF 2ND AND DIVISION, ON THE W. SIDE OF STREET |
| 47.Listed on National Register |
No |
| Continuation: |
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| National Register Entry |
No Data |
| Date Updated (mm/dd/yyyy) |
8/21/2013 3:56:08 PM |
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