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Date added: April 26, 2022; Modified: July 23, 2022
The historic former public library building at 206 W 6th Street in Stillwater, Oklahoma was built by a Public Works Administration (PWA) grant funds in 1938. A two-story brick, hipped roof building, the library was built in colonial revival style…. read more
Date added: June 9, 2022; Modified: July 22, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) contributed to the improvement of Oklahoma City’s McMechan Park in 1940. “McMechan Park at Oklahoma City, Okla., will be expanded to a 17-acre development,” a reporter noted in January 1940, “according to plans disclosed by… read more
Date added: June 2, 2022; Modified: June 3, 2022
The refectory building at the Tulsa Zoological Garden was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1935. It was one of many New Deal projects undertaken in Oklahoma that “aimed to improve America’s public lands and parks” and “help… read more
Date added: March 20, 2016; Modified: May 18, 2022
This school near Muskogee was originally constructed in 1925. It was listed on the National Register in 1984 as “the only extant educational facility associated with Summit, an all-black town founded in 1896. Further, it was one of the few… read more
Date added: October 23, 2017; Modified: May 17, 2022
The Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed construction of the Fletcher High School Gym in 1938. The Waymarking site for this building says that, although the gym is still in use at Fletcher High School, it is now surrounded by… read more
Date added: May 17, 2022; Modified: May 17, 2022
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) created a site within the Tulsa Fairgrounds called the Tulsa Fairgrounds Cafeteria, which was finished during 1938. Currently, the cafeteria still remains standing. It has expanded many times since it was first built. Geographically, the… read more
Date added: June 13, 2018; Modified: May 16, 2022
At the intersection of N. 8th and Boston in a residential area, there are two WPA culverts which pass under 8th Street east to west. One culvert has the WPA shield stamped 1939 at either end; the other does not…. read more
Date added: June 25, 2018; Modified: May 16, 2022
The Schulter school campus was a Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) Project in 1937 and consists of four buildings. This campus includes a Home Ec building, a classroom building with attached gymnasium, and a privy. All are constructed of rusticated… read more
Date added: March 23, 2019; Modified: May 16, 2022
The Works Progress Administration built the Red Hill Park Picnic Pavilion in Purcell, Oklahoma. However, the facility is no longer extant. According to the Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory, “The Red Hill Park Pavilion is significant because it is the only intact structure… read more
Date added: March 22, 2019; Modified: May 16, 2022
The Works Progress Administration built the Sharpe Memorial Park Arena in Purcell OK. Contributor note: “The building of these grandstands showed the openness the WPA had to building items which were of particular interest to the local community – hence a… read more
Date added: April 20, 2022; Modified: April 22, 2022
The Seminole city council make plans in 1935 for a new Municipal building to hold offices and a “civic center” due to the fact the old “civic center” exploded due to a gas leak on December 29, 1934. After selecting… read more
Date added: November 15, 2013; Modified: December 8, 2021
This building was constructed as a community center in 1938 by the National Youth Administration (NYA) (which was a branch of the Works Progress Administration (WPA)). It is a craftsman-style, one-story, T-shaped building constructed of native stone and wood…. read more
Date added: April 8, 2021; Modified: April 8, 2021
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Stratford Grade School, High School, and Gym in Stratford OK, in 1936. Contributor note: “This is a one-story buff brick building with a flat roof (except for the arched roof over the gymnasium)…. read more
Date added: March 22, 2021; Modified: March 27, 2021
Athletic field and stadium for the Sulphur Bulldogs and still use practice field for the High School team The stadium located on West Wynnewood Ave, Sulphur is a rectangular 139 x 38 foot building made of native stone and pre-formed… read more
Date added: September 9, 2015; Modified: January 20, 2021
“The Alex Public School (pronounced Elic), is a red brick one-story T-shaped building, with its main entrance in the north intersection of the T. This entrance has new aluminum and glass double doors with two concrete steps. The doors are… read more