- City:
- Poteau, OK
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Gymnasiums
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration built the Poteau School Gymnasium in Poteau OK.
Built in 1936-37, primarily to accommodate basketball, but could also be used as an auditorium. Two stories, 100’x78′, sandstone.
Source notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poteau_School_Gymnasium-Auditorium
https://wanderwisdom.com/travel-destinations/A-WPA-Tour-of-Poteau
National Register of Historic Places, https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/88001404_text
Site originally submitted by Barbara Pendleton on March 19, 2023.
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