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1.Property Name BEAVER COMMUNITY CENTER
2.Resource Name BEAVER COMMUNITY CENTER
3.Address 215 AVENUE E
4.City BEAVER
5.Vicinity BEAVER
6. County Beaver
7.Lot 104
8.Block
9.Plat Name Original Town
10.Section 18
11.Township 4 NORTH
12.Range 24 EAST
13a.Latitude (North) 36.815495
13b.Longitude (West) -100.52128
14a.UTM Zone
14b.Northings
14c.Eastings
15.Resource Type Building
16.Historic Function RECREATION AND CULTURE
17.Current Function GOVERNMENT
18.Area of significance, Primary SOCIAL HISTORY
19.Area of significance, Secondary NO DATA
20.Description of Significance THE BEAVER COMMUNITY CENTER STILL REFLECTS THE WPA ARCHITECTURE; HOWEVER, THE 1969 ADDITION DETRACTS FROM THE ORIGINAL DESIGN
21.Document Resource OKSHPO LANDMARKS UPDATED MAY 2017; SITE VISIT; "GATE SCHOOL," NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NOMINATION, 1999, SECTION 8 PAGE 14. HTTPS://NPGALLERY.NPS.GOV/NRHP/
22.Name of the Preparer Ernest Everett Blevins, MFA (Stone Point Services, Tyler, Texas)
23.Survey Project YES  Project Name: WPA SURVEY, III US-OK-5136 GATE COMMUNICATION
24.Date of Preparation OCTOBER 2019
25.Photographs Yes      Year:  SEPT 2019
26. Architect/Builder WPA APPROPRIATION: $13,300
27. Year Built 1936-FEBRUARY, 1937
28.Original Site Yes  Date Moved: N/A
From Where N/A
29.Accessible Yes
30.Architectural Style NO STYLE
Other Architectural Style CORE TYPICAL OF NEW DEAL CONSTRUCTION PLUS
31.Foundation Material CONCRETE
32.Roof Type GABLE
33.Roof Material NO DATA
34.Wall Material (Primary) STONE
35.Wall Material (Secondary) CONCRETE
36.Window Type CASEMENT
37.Window Material METAL
38.Door Type GLAZED PANEL
39.Door Material METAL
40.Exterior Features MEMORIAL 1936 BASE RELIEF ON NORTH SIDE. OVAL ENTRY FILLED IN WITH MATCHING STONE.
41.Interior Features UNKNOWN
42.Decorative Details BARE MEMORIAL 1936. BASE RELIEF ON NORTH. OVAL/STONE
43.Condition of Resource Fair (somewhat in need of maintenance)
44.Description of Resource THE ORIGINAL BEAVER COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1936-1937. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 106 FEET WITH AN APPROXIMATELY 9
45.Comments THE BEAVER COMMUNITY CENTER STILL REFLECTS THE WPA ARCHITECTURE; HOWEVER, THE 1969 ADDITION DETRACTS FROM THE ORIGINAL DESIGN. THE ALTERATIONS TO THE STEPPED WALL ON THE NORTH AND THE SUBSTANTIAL SOUTHERN WING ADDITION HAVE ALTERED THE ORIGINAL BEAVER COMMUNITY CENTER ADVERSELY EFFECTING INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBILITY. THE BUILDING REPRESENTS A TIME WHEN THE WPA CREATED PUBLIC BUILDINGS. THE BEAVER COMMUNITY CENTER IS MARKED WITH THE WPA METAL SHIELD LOGO. THE RUSTIC DESIGN IS TYPICAL OF THE NEW DEAL ERA ARCHITECTURE OF THE WPA AND CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS. THE BEAVER COMMUNITY CENTER IS ALTERED TOO MUCH TO BE INDIVIDUALLY ELGIBLE. NEVERTHELESS, THE BUILDING OBTAINS ENOUGH CHARACTERISTICS TO REMAIN ELIGIBLE AS A CONTRIBUTING BUILDING WITHIN A MULTIPLE PROPERTY THEMATIC STUDY UNDER CRITERION A. THE BEAVER COMMUNITY CNETER IS NOT ELGIBLE UNDER CRITERION B AS THERE ARE NO KNOWN SIGNIFICANT PERSONS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. WHILE THE ORIGINAL BEAVER COMMUNITY CENTER RETAINS MANY OF THE FEATURES OF THE ORIGINAL WORK, BUT IT DOES NOT RISE TO THE LEVEL OF MASTER CRAFTSMAN OR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; AND, THUSNOT ELIGIBLE UNDER CIRTERION C. THE 1959 SECOND STORY ADDITION MEETS THE AGE OF CONSIDERATION FOR FIFTY YEARS; HOWEVER, IT IS NOT AN ELIGIBLE FEATURE IN ITS OWN OR COMBINED WITH THE ORIGINAL BUILDING. THE SOUTHERN ADDITION AND NORTHERN MATCHING STONE WALL ARE NOT OF AGE TO CONSIDER FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND DETRACT FROM THE ORGINAL BUILDING IN CONSTRUCTIO, MATERIAL, DESIGN, AND FUNCTION. THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT ARE BETTER EXAMPLES OF WPA COMMUNITY CENTERS IN OKLAHOMA AND ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THERE BEAVER COMMUNITY CENTER IS NOT CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY ELGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
46.Placement
47.Listed on National Register Eligible
Continuation: THE ORIGINAL BEAVER COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1936-1937. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 106 FEET LONG WITH AN APPROXIMATELY 95-FOOT WIDE GABLE ROOF AND APPROXIMATELY 10-FOOT ENTERANCE PEDIMENT, WHICH WAS INFILLED IN 1969 TO ADD A SECOND STORY IN THE SPACE. THE CONCRETE BLOCK ADDITION ON THE SECOND STORY, ADDED IN 1969, WAS DESIGNED BY HUDGINS-THOMPSON-BALL AND ASSOCIATES (“ARCHITECTS-ENGINEERS-PLANNERS”). THE CONTRACTOR WAS TUCKER-WATTS, INC. IT IS UNKNOWN WHAT INTERIOR WORK WAS DONE AS PART OF THE RENOVATION. THE NORTH FAÇADE OF THE BUILDING HAS A SIGN READING “BARE MEMORIAL BUILDING 1935.” RESEARCH DID NOT REVEAL WHO BARE WAS OR REASONS TO BE MEMORIALIZED IN A BUILDING. THE ORIGINAL BUILDING RETAINS THE ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ORIGINAL WITH ONLY THE 1969 EAST FAÇADE SECOND STORY SMOOTH CONCRETE BLOCK ADDITION DETRACTING FROM THE ORIGINAL RUSTIC STONEWORK. BELOW THE CONCRETE BLOCK ADDITION CENTERED ON THE BUILDING IS A “USA/1936-1937/WPA” SHIELD. THIS METAL SHIELD MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES WIDE AND 8 INCHES TALL IS ATTACHED WITH FOUR SQUARE HEAD CORNER BOLTS. ACCORDING TO THE GATE SCHOL NOMINATION FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, THE WPA ESTABLISHED A QUARRY IN BEAVER COUNTY TO SUPPLY THERE BUILDING PROJECTS.1 THE NORTH WING, WHICH REPLACED THE STEPPED WALL APPEARS T BE STONE, BUT IS LIKELY STONE FAÇADE OVER CONCRETE BLOCK. THE SOUTHERN BUILDING IS NOT PRESENT ON THE GOOGLE EARCH IMAGES FROM FEBRUARY 1995.2 THE SOURHTERN WING IS APPROXIMATELY 46 FEET NORTH-SOUTH ROOFLINE THAT EXTENDS ABOUT 5 FEET BEYOND THE BUILDING WALL AND 35 FEET EAST WEST WITH A GABLE ROOF RUNNING THE LENGTH OF THE BUILDING. THE BUILDING IS TWO STORIES WITH WINDOWS ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE SOUTHERN END OF THE FRONT (EAST FAÇADE). THE STONE WALL OF THE SOUTHERN WING AND THE NEW NORTHERN WALL ARE LIKELY STONE FAÇADE OVER CONCRETE BLOCK. THE STONE IS DARKER, A DIFFERENT SHAPE, AND LAID PATTERN CLEARLY NOT MATCHING ORIGINAL WPA BUILDING MAKING A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE NEW ADDITION AND OLD ORIGINAL. GOOGLE EARCH AERIAL DID NOT SHOW THE SOUTHERN WING IN FEBRUARY 1995. THE OKLAHOMA LANDMARK INVENTORY FOR THE BEAVER COMMUNITY CENTER RECORD WAS UPDATED WITH A 1997 PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE ADDITION, PLACING CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN 1995 AND 1997.3
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Date Updated (mm/dd/yyyy) 12/23/2019 2:22:07 PM
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