Samaritans Food Pantry - Pauls Valley OK

City:: Pauls Valley, OK
Site Type:: Civic Facilities, Community Centers
New Deal Agencies:: Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA), National Youth Administration (NYA)
Started:: 1938
Completed:: 1938
Quality of Information:: Good
Marked:: Yes
Site Survival:: Extant

Description

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. The front entrance has a porch and double doors. Above the door are the letters N Y A.

There is an NYA cornerstone at the building’s southeast corner. It reads:

National Youth Administration
Community Building
Erected 1938
Huston A. Wright, Dir NYA for Okla.
Mason Hart, Mayor
James Kelley, Eng. City Com.
Hardin Ray, Dir. – Grey Garter
C.B. Alexander, Co. Supt. – Lee Perkins
Luther Lail, Bldg. Supt. – Lee Layton
Advisory Committee
Roy Ambrister, Chair.
A.E. Clark – Bud Harrison
E. D. Williams – John W. Holmes
G.F. Wacker – J.A. LollarThe building was occupied by the Washita Valley Museum for several years, but it was vacant in 2013. It now houses the Pauls Valley Samaritans Food Pantry.