| 1.Property Name |
BEAVER SCHOOL DIST. #22 - AUD. AND GYM |
| 2.Resource Name |
BEAVER SCHOOL DIST. #22 - AUD. AND GYM |
| 3.Address |
DOUGLAS AND FIFTH STREETS |
| 4.City |
BEAVER |
| 5.Vicinity |
BEAVER |
| 6. County |
Beaver |
| 7.Lot |
131 |
| 8.Block |
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| 9.Plat Name |
ORIGINAL TOWN |
| 10.Section |
18 |
| 11.Township |
4 NORTH |
| 12.Range |
24 EAST |
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13a.Latitude (North) |
36.813284
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13b.Longitude (West) |
-100.519273
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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 |
RECREATION AND CULTURE |
| 17.Current Function |
SOCIAL |
| 18.Area of significance, Primary |
SOCIAL HISTORY |
| 19.Area of significance, Secondary |
ARCHITECTURE |
| 20.Description of Significance |
THE OKLAHOMA STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE HAS NOTED THE BEAVER SCHOOL AUDITORIUM IS ELIGIBLE UNDER CRITERIA A AND C. IN ADDITION, THE BEAVER SCHOOL DISTRICT 22 AUDITORIUM/GYM IS ELGIBLE UNDER CRITERION B AS ONE OF THE WORKS BY A MASTER ARCHITECT AND IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT IS LOCATED HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM OKLAHOMA CITY WHERE J.O. |
| 21.Document Resource |
SITE VISIT TERRY L.GRIFFITH, OKLAHOMA CITY: STATEHOOD TO 1930, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA: ARCADIA |
| 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
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| 24.Date of Preparation |
OCTOBER 2019 |
| 25.Photographs |
Yes
Year:
SEPT 2019 |
| 26. Architect/Builder |
J. O. PARR - A.I.A. (of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) WPA |
| 27. Year Built |
OCTOBER, 1937-1938 |
| 28.Original Site |
Yes
Date Moved:
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| From Where |
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| 29.Accessible |
No Data |
| 30.Architectural Style |
OTHER |
| Other Architectural Style
|
ca |
| 31.Foundation Material |
CONCRETE |
| 32.Roof Type |
BARREL |
| 33.Roof Material |
NO DATA |
| 34.Wall Material (Primary) |
BRICK |
| 35.Wall Material (Secondary) |
CONCRETE |
| 36.Window Type |
CASEMENT |
| 37.Window Material |
METAL |
| 38.Door Type |
MULTIPANE GLASS AND TRANSOMS |
| 39.Door Material |
NO DATA |
| 40.Exterior Features |
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| 41.Interior Features |
Not accessed on site visit |
| 42.Decorative Details |
RED BRICK PILASTERS |
| 43.Condition of Resource |
Good (very well maintained) |
| 44.Description of Resource |
THE BEAVER SCHOOL DISTRICT 22 AUDITORIUM/GYM (THE BEAVER SCHOOL AUDITORIUM) WAS BUILT IN 1937-1938 BY THE WPA. THE BUILDING IS ON THE NORTH |
| 45.Comments |
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| 46.Placement |
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| 47.Listed on National Register |
Eligible |
| Continuation: |
THE OKLAHOMA STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE HAS NOTED THE BEAVER SCHOOL AUDITORIUM ELIGIBLE UNDER CRITERIA A AND C. IN ADDITION, THERE BEAVER SCHOOL DISTRICT 22 AUDITORIUM/GYM IS ELIGIBLE UNDER CRITERION C AS ONE OF THE WORKS BY A MASTER ARCHITECT AND IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT IS LOCATED HUNDREDS OF MILES FOM OKLAHOMA CITY WHERE J.O.PARR MOSTLY PRACTICED.1
Documentation of Resource
SITE VISIT
TERRY L.GRIFFITH, OKLAHOMA CITY: STATEHOOD TO 1930, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA: ARCADIA PRESS, 2000, P. 13. “JOSEPHUS OVERTON PARR,” HTTPS://WWW.FINDAGRAVCOM/MEMORIAL/73333990/JOSEPHUS-OVERTON-PARR (ACCESSED 15 OCTOBER 2019)
CYNTHIA SAVAGE, “MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM [OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA],” SECTION 5, PAGE 7.
HTTPS://WWW.NPS.GOV/NR/FEATURE/PLACES/PDFS/16000850.PDF (ACCESSED 15 OCTOBER 2019).
CYNTHIA SAVAGE, “IN THE COMPANY OF LAYTON: ARCHITECTS PRACTICING IN OKLAHOMA CITY AROUND STATEHOOD,” PRESERVATION OKLAHOMA NEWS, VOL 16, NO.2 (JANUARY 2008), P.6.
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| National Register Entry |
No Data |
| Date Updated (mm/dd/yyyy) |
12/26/2019 10:07:33 AM |