| 1.Property Name |
AGRICULTURAL BUILDING |
| 2.Resource Name |
AGRICULTURAL BUILDING, BEAVER COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS |
| 3.Address |
11TH STREET AND DOUGLAS STREET |
| 4.City |
BEAVER |
| 5.Vicinity |
BEAVER |
| 6. County |
Beaver |
| 7.Lot |
5 and 8 |
| 8.Block |
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| 9.Plat Name |
BEAVER HEIGHTS ADDITION |
| 10.Section |
18 |
| 11.Township |
4 NORTH |
| 12.Range |
24 EAST |
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13a.Latitude (North) |
36.806745
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13b.Longitude (West) |
-100.521721
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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 |
NO DATA |
| 17.Current Function |
Fair |
| 18.Area of significance, Primary |
SOCIAL HISTORY |
| 19.Area of significance, Secondary |
AGRICULTURE |
| 20.Description of Significance |
THE AGRICULTURAL BUILDING AT THE BEAVER COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IS CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACE |
| 21.Document Resource |
SITE VIST, |
| 22.Name of the Preparer |
Ernest Everett Blevins, MFA (Stone Point Services, Tyler, Texas) |
| 23.Survey Project |
YES
Project Name:
US-OK-5136 GATE COMMUNICATION
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| 24.Date of Preparation |
OCTOBER 2019 |
| 25.Photographs |
Yes
Year:
SEPT 2019 |
| 26. Architect/Builder |
STARBILT (METAL BUILDING MANUFACTURER) FOR $8,839 WPA APPROPRIATION |
| 27. Year Built |
DECEMBER, 1935 |
| 28.Original Site |
Yes
Date Moved:
N/A |
| From Where |
N/A |
| 29.Accessible |
Yes |
| 30.Architectural Style |
NO STYLE |
| Other Architectural Style
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| 31.Foundation Material |
NO DATA |
| 32.Roof Type |
BARREL |
| 33.Roof Material |
METAL |
| 34.Wall Material (Primary) |
METAL |
| 35.Wall Material (Secondary) |
METAL |
| 36.Window Type |
DOUBLE HUNG |
| 37.Window Material |
METAL |
| 38.Door Type |
DOUBLE |
| 39.Door Material |
METAL |
| 40.Exterior Features |
STAR BUILT MEDALLION OVER CENTER ROLL DOOR |
| 41.Interior Features |
NO ACCESS ON SITE VISIT |
| 42.Decorative Details |
VERTICAL CORREGATED METAL, 9 PANE WINDOWS |
| 43.Condition of Resource |
Fair (somewhat in need of maintenance) |
| 44.Description of Resource |
BESIDES THE SUJECT AGRICULTURAL BUILDING AND FIARGROUND STADIUM ON THE GROUNDS, THERE ARE TWO BARREL-VAULTED BUILDINGS, POSSIBLY |
| 45.Comments |
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| 46.Placement |
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| 47.Listed on National Register |
Eligible |
| Continuation: |
BESIDES THE SUBJECT AGRICULTURAL BUILDING AND FAIRGROUND STADUM ON THE GROUNDS, THERE ARE TWO BARREL-VAULTE BUILDINGS, POSSIBLY OF A LATER DATE PROJECTING NORTH OF THE AGRICULTURAL BUILDING. BETWEEN THE TWO BARREL VAULT WINGS IS A GABLE ROOF STRUCTURE CONNECTED TO THE WEST BAREL ROOF BUILDING. THE EASTERN GABLE ROOF BUILDING IS ATTACHED TO THE EASTERN BARREL ROOF BUILDING BUT NOT ATTACHED TO THE AGRICULTURAL BUILDING. THE AGRICULTURAL BUILDING AT THE BEAVER COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IS A LARGE RECTANGULAR EAST-WEST METAL BUILDING WITH A BARREL ROOF APPROXIMATELY 180 FEET LONG (EAST TO WEST) AND 100 FEET WIDE (NORTH TO SOUTH). THE BUILDING IS APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET TALL AT THE CURVE OF THE BARREL, TAPERING TO APPROXIMATELY 25-FOOT-TALL WALLS. THE WESTERN FAÇADE HAS A LARGE ROLL-UP CENTER DOOR WITH THREE SETS OF NINE PANE WINDOWS EVENLY SPREAD. THE SOUTH WEST CORNER HAS A REGULAR DOOR NEAR THE CORNER. THE BUILDING HAS A METAL STAR BRANDING IT AS A STARBILT STRUCTURE. THE BUILDING WAS ERECTED AND OPENED BY DECEMBER 1935. THE STAR SHAPE CONTAINS THE NAME STARBILT. THIS STAR RESTS ON A RECTANGULAR BOX WITH RAISED LETTERING “STAR MFG. CO./OKLA CITY.” OTHER NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATIONS CITE THIS COMPANY, SUCH AS A ONE-STORY CONTRIBUTING STARBILT METAL BUILDING IN NORTON, KANSAS.1 THE COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED IN OKLAHOMA CITY IN THE 1920S. THE PREFAB BUILDINGS WERE POPULAR FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES, SUCH AS THE BEAVER AGRICULTURE CENTER, BUT ALSO AIRPORT FACILITIES AND WAREHOUSES. IN THE 1930, THE COMPANY DEVELOPED BETTER TRUSS SYSTEMS WELDED TO THE METAL SKIN. THE STARBILT RESOURCES MAY BE A GREATER INTEREST WITHIN OKLAHOMA FOR FURTHER RESEARCH ON SURVIVING BUILDINGS.2 THE AGRICULTURAL BUILDING AT THE BEAVER COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IS CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNDER CRITERION A FOR ASSOCIATON WITH THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE WPA. IT IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF AN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY OF BEAVER COUNTY. THERE ARE NO KNOWN PERSONS OF NOTE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILDING, ALTHOUGH THE STARBILT COMPANY ORIGINATED IN OKLAHOMA. PREFAB METAL BUILDINGS SUCH AS THE STARBILT AGRICULTURAL BUILDING ARE NOT THE WORK OF A MASTER. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE ADDITIONS TO THE STRUCTURE TO THE NORTH, THEY ARE SYMPATHETIC TO THE ORIGINAL WITH BARREL ROOFS, AND THEIR REMOVAL WOULD NOT HARM THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE. |
| National Register Entry |
No Data |
| Date Updated (mm/dd/yyyy) |
12/20/2019 3:31:52 PM |