- City:
- Enid, OK
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Military and Public Safety, Armories
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
“The Enid Armory, located at 600 E. Elm Avenue is a two-story red brick building, constructed as a WPA project in 1936. At the time, it was the third largest armory in Oklahoma. It is the only armory built using red brick.
This building has been used to train soldiers for World War II and Korea. It was targeted by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission in 2005, as one of the 58 armories to be closed within the next five years. Currently, a new Armed Forces Reserve Center is being built at Vance Air Force Base in Enid. This Center should be completed in the Fall of 2010, will take over training operations, and this armory will no longer function as such.” (https://www.waymarking.com)
The building was demolished in 2010 and is now the site of the Garfield Elementary School.
Source notes
1) https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9NQQ_WPA_Enid_Armory_Enid_OK 2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_ArmorySite originally submitted by hamquilter and Mike Marshall on November 9, 2013.
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