Date added: February 22, 2018; Modified: February 22, 2018
The golf course was built in 1940, and is one of only two golf courses built by the Federal Works Progress Administration in Oklahoma. This a 160-acre, 18-hole course sits on the southeast edge of town and is currently leased to… read more
Date added: February 21, 2018; Modified: February 21, 2018
This armory was built by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA cornerstone on the building shows the year 1936. The Idabel Armory is a one-story native stone building. It is currently used as a bus barn by the local… read more
Date added: January 30, 2018
The red brick gymnasium and classroom buildings were constructed by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1938-1939. The buildings originally belonged to Gray High School. Today, the gymnasium is used by Idabel Middle School. However, the gymnasium was rebuilt… read more
Date added: January 30, 2018
These grandstands were constructed in 1939 by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). They once belonged to Gray High School. Today Idabel Middle School uses them. On the side is a bronze WPA shield showing the year 1939.
Date added: January 24, 2015; Modified: April 11, 2017
The historic post office building in Idabel, Oklahoma was constructed during the 1930s with federal Treasury Department funds. It housed a New Deal mural that has since been re-located to a local museum. Living New Deal believes that the building… read more
Date added: January 24, 2015
The oil-on-canvas mural “The Last Home of the Choctaw Nation” was commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The work was completed by H. Louis Freund and installed in the lobby of the old Idabel post office in… read more