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1.Property Name FAIRGROUNDS STADIUM
2.Resource Name FAIRGROUNDS STADIUM
3.Address 11TH STREET AT DOUGLAS AVENUE
4.City BEAVER
5.Vicinity BEAVER
6. County Beaver
7.Lot 5 and 8
8.Block
9.Plat Name BEAVER HEIGHTS
10.Section 18
11.Township 4 NORTH
12.Range 24 EAST
13a.Latitude (North) 36.806458
13b.Longitude (West) -100.521624
14a.UTM Zone
14b.Northings
14c.Eastings
15.Resource Type Structure
16.Historic Function Sports Facility
17.Current Function Sports Facility
18.Area of significance, Primary SOCIAL HISTORY
19.Area of significance, Secondary ENTERTAINMENT/RECREATION
20.Description of Significance THE FAIRGROUNDS STADIUM AT THE BEAVER COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IS CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACE
21.Document Resource SITE VISIT
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 UNKOWN WPA APPROPRIATION: $13,177
27. Year Built JUNE 1938/1940
28.Original Site Yes  Date Moved:
From Where
29.Accessible Yes
30.Architectural Style OTHER
Other Architectural Style STADIUM
31.Foundation Material CONCRETE
32.Roof Type BARREL AWNING
33.Roof Material CONCRETE
34.Wall Material (Primary) CONCRETE
35.Wall Material (Secondary) BRICK
36.Window Type N/A
37.Window Material NO DATA
38.Door Type N/A
39.Door Material NO DATA
40.Exterior Features BLEACHER SEATING, AWNING, ETCHED CONCRETE
41.Interior Features N/A
42.Decorative Details PRESSED CONCRETE WALKS
43.Condition of Resource Good (very well maintained)
44.Description of Resource LOCATED TO THE SOUTH AND ATTACHED TO THE AGRICULTURAL BUILDING IS THE FAIRGROUNDS STADIUM. THE WPA. BUILT THE FAIRGROUNDS STADIUM
45.Comments THE FAIRGROUNDS STADIUM AT THE BEAVER COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IS CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNDER CRITERION A FOR ASSOCIATION 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 INDIVIDUAL PERSONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STADIUM; AND, THUS NOT ELIGIBLE UNDER CRITERION B. THE FAIRGROUNDS STADIUM IS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF CRAFTSMANSHIP OR WORK OF A MASTER, AND THUS NOT ELIGIBLE UNDER CRITERION C.
46.Placement
47.Listed on National Register Eligible
Continuation: LOCATED TO THE SOUTH AND ATTACHED TO THE AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS IS THE FAIRGROUNDS STADIUM. THE WPA BUILT THE FAIRGROUNDS STADIUM IN 1940. THE STADIUM IS OPEN-AIR COVERED WITH A BARREL ROOF CANOPY SPANNING EAST-WEST 170 FEET BY 45 FEET COVERING THE CONCRETE PORTION OF THE STADIUM. THERE ARE FOURTEEN RISERS WITH BROAD TREAD FOR SEATING OR PLACING CHAIRS. IT DOES NOT APPEAR ADDITIONAL BLEACHER SEATING WAS EVER INSTALLED TO THIS PORTION. THECENTER ACCESS PORTAL IS POURED CONCRETE WITH METAL PLAQUE NAMING THE FACILITY. ABOVE THIS IS A CHECKERED BOARD OPERATIONS BOOTH. THE ENDS OF THE STADIUM ARE PORED CONCRETE SUPPORT WITH A STRETCHER BOND INFILL. IT IS UNDETERMINED IF UNDER THE STADIUM IS ACCESSIBLE FROM THE ADJACENT AGRICULTURAL BUILDING. THE CONCRETE ACCESS ON BOTH EAST AND WEST IS SCORED INTO 4X4 INCH SQUARES. AN IMPRESSED WPA SHIEL JUST LARGER THAN THE IMPRESSED SQUARES MEASURING TWO BY THREE OF THE SCORED SQUARES IS CENTERED IN EACH ACCESS. THE SHIELD IS DATED 1940 AND IS ALSO PRESSED INTO THE CONCRETE. ANOTHER 80 FEET OF BLEACHER AREA WAS ADDED AT AN UNKNOWN DATE AFTER 1995 OF STANDARD ALUMINUM AND IS UNCOVERED.
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Date Updated (mm/dd/yyyy) 12/23/2019 10:54:02 AM
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