Description
The WPA constructed a 4-H Club building for the Muskogee Fairgrounds in 1936. A 1985 Oklahoma Historical Landmarks survey of extant WPA properties describes the building:
“The 4-H Club building on the Muskogee County Fairgrounds is a single story structure that is composed to two intersecting units… The structure is constructed of colorful uncut native stone laid randomly with beaded mortar…
The 4-H Club building is an excellent example of the interpretation the WPA gave to ‘useful.’ The building was used by 4-H Club members during fair time as a dormitory and exhibit hall. Thus its educational and commercial purpose fit well with WPA guidelines… The structure is also an excellent example of WPA vernacular architecture.”
The 4-H building is still referenced in fairground posts, and is, to our knowledge, still the original structure.
Source notes
https://www.okhistory.org/shpo/wpa/wpa3muskogee.pdf
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