Highland Cemetery Entrance – Lawton OK

City:
Lawton, OK

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Cemeteries

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Started:
1936

Completed:
1937

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Highland Cemetery Entrance in Lawton OK.

Contributor note:

Highland Cemetery, located on NW Fort Sill Blvd. in northeastern Lawton is a large cemetery with over 20,000 burials. The entrance faces west and consists of a randomly laid native stone arch.

A granite plaque above the arch reads “HIGHLAND CEMETERY” and above that a small stone reads “WPA”. At the top of each of the two stone pillars supporting the arch is the date: “19” and “36”.

Source notes

Highland Cemetery Entrance - Lawton, OK:(https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM126DT_Highland_Cemetery_Entrance_Lawton_OK), accessed February 2020.

WPA marker on site.

Site originally submitted by hamquilter on August 2, 2020.

Location Info


NW Fort Sill Blvd
Lawton, OK

Coordinates: 34.6242892, -98.404715

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