Marlow Sites

This is a one-story native sandstone building with a gabled roof, built by the Federal Works Progress Administration in 1937.  On both sides of the walls flanking the entrance, a concrete panel shows the stamped WPA shield. The concrete lintel for these doors is engraved "OAK LAWN DIST. 273". This area may have contained more buildings in the past, but this classroom building is all that remains. This building is still in use as the local Community Center.

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted multiple farm-to-market road construction projects, including a seven-mile project "which begins at a point 11 miles east of Marlow on Highway 29 and extends four miles south, thence three miles east." That stretch of road entailed constructing 23 bridges and culverts. Living New Deal believes this project to refer to N 2940 Road (four miles south) and E Stephens County Rd 1680 (three miles east); however, no bridges or culverts are directly visible from satellite imagery or Google Street View.

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted multiple farm-to-market road construction projects, including a five-mile project "which begins at a point 16 miles east of Marlow on Highway 29 and extends five miles south." That stretch of road entailed constructing 17 bridges and culverts. Living New Deal believes this project to refer to N 2990 Road (a.k.a. 16 Mile Road South); however, no bridges or culverts are directly visible from satellite imagery or Google Street View.

This rural WPA school is still standing but is no longer in use: "Four Mile School is shown as Marlow, OK, however, it is located in a rural area four miles south of Rush Springs, and northeast of Marlow. It is located just south of the intersection of 1590 Rd and 2880 Rd... This is a most unusual WPA school and we haven't encountered a poured concrete school previously. The building is reminiscent of a jailhouse (which we're sure children of the 1930s considered it). The building was constructed in 1937 with a WPA appropriation of $7700. The style is listed as...

"This is a two-story brick high school auditorium which faces north on W. Main Street. There is no WPA signage here that we could find. A reference to it was found in the book "Leaning on a Legacy" which refers to a school on Main Street in Marlow as being a WPA project. It is also listed in the Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory as WPA. It was constructed in 1938 with an appropriation of $52,436. The building has embellishments, using stone window sills and small squares at the upper corners of the windows. Bricks are laid in a variety of patterns,...

"The Marlow High School stadium was completed by the WPA in 1936. Unfortunately, most of the construction no longer remains, with the exception of four arches which still stand at the entrance. The original stone marker shows "BUILT BY WPA 1936." Two granite markers have been laid in the wall which read "W.P.A. 1936" and "PARK BOARD J.E. SHIELDS / CLYDE FERGUSON / JOHN C. FISHER" The four original arches have wood fencing installed in them, to form a wall at the entrance of the stadium. The Marlow High School "Outlaws" play their Division 3A football here on Friday evenings during the school...

"The Marlow National Guard Armory is located at 702 W. Main, in a residential area. It was constructed by the WPA, beginning on November 7, 1935, carrying through 1936, being completed in January 1937. It was dedicated during a fierce snowstorm on April 1, 1937. This is a one-story red brick armory with cast concrete detailing... Near the front entrance is a stone block reading "State Armory/Built by Works Progress Administration/1936/W.S. Key/State Administrator." At the northwest and northeast corners of the building are concrete blocks reading "Built by WPA 1936." When constructed it was the home of the 1st Battalion, 158th Field Artillery,...

The historic Marlow, Oklahoma post office was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1940, houses a New Deal mural in its lobby and is still in use today. Cattle Days - Marlow, OK - WPA Projects on Waymarking.com

The oil-on-canvas mural "Cattle Days" was painted in 1942 by Lew E. Davis for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The mural hangs in the lobby of the historic post office in Marlow, Oklahoma. It shows four cowboys in a corral branding cattle. One is standing with a lasso and several cows. The other three are squatting down, holding a cow which is about to be branded.