School Gymnasium (ruins) – Comanche OK

City:
Comanche, OK

Site Type:
Gymnasiums, Education and Health

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

Completed:
1939

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Partially Extant

Description

Located on Walnut Avenue West of 4th Street are the ruins of a school gymnasium. It was constructed of native sandstone, and WPA shields at several locations on the concrete sidewalks show the date 1939.

The building was one-story, with a two-story section on the east side. The roof was barrel shaped and the metal framing is all that is left. Windows around the building were large 20-pane casement windows. Among the rubble inside the building are the remains of concrete bleachers on either side of the gym floor. An outside 16-step staircase leads up the hill to the building.

Source notes

School Gymnasium - Comanche, OK - WPA Projects on Waymarking.com

Site originally submitted by hamquilter on July 4, 2018.

Location Info


Walnut Avenue
Comanche, OK 73529
Stephens County

Coordinates: 34.365906, -97.965989

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