Poteau Community Building

The Poteau Community Building, in Poteau in Le Flore County in southeastern Oklahoma, is a multipurpose community building built as Works Progress Administration project in 1937. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

Poteau Community Building
Poteau Community Building is located in Oklahoma
Poteau Community Building
Poteau Community Building is located in the United States
Poteau Community Building
LocationHill and Hopkins Sts., Poteau, Oklahoma
Coordinates35°3′13″N 94°37′24″W / 35.05361°N 94.62333°W / 35.05361; -94.62333
Arealess than one acre
Built1937
Built byWorks Progress Administration
MPSWPA Public Bldgs., Recreational Facilities and Cemetery Improvements in Southeastern Oklahoma, 1935--1943 TR
NRHP reference No.88001403[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1988

It is a two-story 39 by 35 feet (12 m × 11 m) structure made of rusticated and coursed native sandstone with exterior chimneys at each end.[2]

It was one of multiple WPA-related properties studied as a group in 1985, many of which were then listed on the National Register.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Continuation: Poteau Community Building". National Park Service. Retrieved June 16, 2017. With two photos from 1984.
  3. ^ W. David Baird (June 15, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) Public Buildings, Recreational Facilities, and Cemetery Improvements in Southeastern Oklahoma, 1935-1943 TR". National Park Service. Retrieved June 16, 2017.