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1.Property Name SWEETHOME COMMUNITY BUILDING
2.Resource Name SWEETHOME COMMUNITY BUILDING
3.Address RT. 4, 2 MILES NORTH, 11 1/2 MILES WEST OF B.B.
4.City BROKEN BOW
5.Vicinity V
6. County McCurtain
7.Lot N/A
8.Block N/A
9.Plat Name N/A
10.Section 2624
11.Township 6S
12.Range 24E
13a.Latitude (North) 0
13b.Longitude (West) 0
14a.UTM Zone
14b.Northings
14c.Eastings
15.Resource Type Building
16.Historic Function SOCIAL
17.Current Function Meeting Hall
18.Area of significance, Primary ARCHITECTURE
19.Area of significance, Secondary COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
20.Description of Significance BUILT IN THE LATE 1920'S - GOV. WILLIAM "ALFALFA BILL" MURRY AND COUNTY COMMISSIONER "DOC" SIMPSON WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE PROJECT UNDERWAY.
21.Document Resource FLOYD & JEAN CAMP - MR. CAMPS PARENTS WERE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THEY KNEW THE HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY BUILDING. MR. CAMPS FATHER WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1969 AND 1935 BROKEN BOW NEWS: SWEETHOME COLUMN ARTICLE
22.Name of the Preparer MELISSA HARCROW
23.Survey Project NO  Project Name: No Data
24.Date of Preparation JULY 12, 2005
25.Photographs Yes      Year:  2004
26. Architect/Builder LOCAL COMMUNITY RESIDENTS
27. Year Built 1928 OR 1929
28.Original Site Yes  Date Moved:
From Where
29.Accessible Yes
30.Architectural Style Shotgun
Other Architectural Style Not Applicable
31.Foundation Material CONCRETE
32.Roof Type CROSS GABLED
33.Roof Material METAL
34.Wall Material (Primary) Log
35.Wall Material (Secondary) WOOD
36.Window Type HUNG 1/1
37.Window Material WOOD
38.Door Type SOLID WOOD
39.Door Material WOOD
40.Exterior Features LOG WITH 1 ROUND & 3 SQUARE SIDES
41.Interior Features SOLID PINE BOARD WALLS AND FLOORS
42.Decorative Details N/A
43.Condition of Resource Poor (badly in need of maintenance)
44.Description of Resource 1680 SQUARE FOOT, LOG BUILDING, 1 STORY, 2 SIDE ROOMS, PORCH ON FRONT, ROCK AND POLE COLUMNS, CONCRETE PIER AND CONCRETE FOUNDATION WALLS.
45.Comments LESS THAN 1/2 MILES NORTH OF THE COMMUNITY BUILDING IS THE DAMN AND LAKE THAT ONCE SUPPLIED THE TOWN OF BROKEN BOW WITH WATER. THE OLD RAILROAD THAT HAULED LOGS TO THE DIERKS MILL IN BROKEN BOW ALSO RAN LESS THAN 1/2 MILES FROM THE BUILDING.
46.Placement
47.Listed on National Register No Data
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National Register Entry No Data
Date Updated (mm/dd/yyyy) 11/3/2008 12:00:00 AM
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