| 1.Property Name |
BROKEN BOW STADIUM |
| 2.Resource Name |
BROKEN BOW ATHLETIC FIELD AND STADIUMS |
| 3.Address |
NORTH SEVENTH AND COSTILOW STREETS |
| 4.City |
BROKEN BOW |
| 5.Vicinity |
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| 6. County |
McCurtain |
| 7.Lot |
ALL |
| 8.Block |
31 |
| 9.Plat Name |
BROKEN BOW HEIGHTS |
| 10.Section |
13 |
| 11.Township |
T6S |
| 12.Range |
R24E |
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13a.Latitude (North) |
34.0309167
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13b.Longitude (West) |
-94.7407538
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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 |
Structure |
| 16.Historic Function |
Sports Facility |
| 17.Current Function |
Sports Facility |
| 18.Area of significance, Primary |
ARCHITECTURE |
| 19.Area of significance, Secondary |
NO DATA |
| 20.Description of Significance |
THIS PROPERTY IS NR ELIGIBLE AND WARRANTS FURTHER STUDY BECAUSE OF ITS ARCHITECTURE AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE WPA |
| 21.Document Resource |
OLI |
| 22.Name of the Preparer |
ANDREW BASHAW |
| 23.Survey Project |
YES
Project Name:
4 SE OK TOWNS
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| 24.Date of Preparation |
3/31/2001 |
| 25.Photographs |
Yes
Year:
1984// 2001 |
| 26. Architect/Builder |
UNCOLLECTED |
| 27. Year Built |
1941 |
| 28.Original Site |
Yes
Date Moved:
N/A |
| From Where |
N/A |
| 29.Accessible |
Yes |
| 30.Architectural Style |
OTHER |
| Other Architectural Style
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WPA STANDARDIZED STYLE |
| 31.Foundation Material |
NO DATA |
| 32.Roof Type |
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| 33.Roof Material |
NO DATA |
| 34.Wall Material (Primary) |
NO DATA |
| 35.Wall Material (Secondary) |
NO DATA |
| 36.Window Type |
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| 37.Window Material |
NO DATA |
| 38.Door Type |
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| 39.Door Material |
NO DATA |
| 40.Exterior Features |
PRESS BOX; BLEACHERS; STONE FENCE |
| 41.Interior Features |
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| 42.Decorative Details |
QUARTZ PIECES IN MORTAR |
| 43.Condition of Resource |
Good (very well maintained) |
| 44.Description of Resource |
THIS IS THE BROKEN BOW FOOTBALL STADIUM AND TRACK BUILT AS A WPA PROJECT IN 1940S. THE NORTH GRANDSTAND IS BUILT FROM |
| 45.Comments |
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| 46.Placement |
ON 7TH STREET BETWEEN N. MCCLURE AND PARK DRIVE |
| 47.Listed on National Register |
Eligible |
| Continuation: |
44. UNCOURSED MORTARED STONE AND CAPPED WITH CONCRETE. THE PRESS BOX ON THE NORTH SIDE IS BUILT OF MATCHING STONE AND HAS FOUR SLIDING WINDOWS AND A SHED ROOF. SURROUNDING AND ENCLOSING THE STADIUM IS A SIMILARLY STYLED STONE FENCE APPROXIMATELY SEVEN FEET HEIGHT. SMALL PIECES OF QUARTZ HAVE BEEN EMBEDDED IN THE MORTAR OF THE WALLS AND GRANDSTAND AS A DECORATIVE DETAIL. THE GRANDSTAND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE FIELD CONSISTS OF POURED CONCRETE. THE TICKET BOOTH IN THE SOUTH WALL IS ORIGINAL. THE CONCESSION PAVILLION, THOUGH NOT ORIGINAL, DOES CONFORM TO TEH SAME MORTARED-STONE STYLE. ///THE BROKEN BOW ATHLETIC AND STADIUMS HAVE SIGNIFICANCE IN THAT THEY DEMONSTRATE THE BOARD DIMENSIONS OF THE WPA PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM AND REFLECT HOW THAT AGENCY DEFINED USEFUL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. |
| National Register Entry |
No Data |
| Date Updated (mm/dd/yyyy) |
11/5/2013 10:20:38 AM |
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