Perry Sites

This distinctive stone stadium was built by the WPA in 1939. A 1999 document from the Cherokee Strip Museum describes the stadium's origins: "This year we are celebrating the 60" anniversary of Perry Stadium, the home of Daniels Field. Men of the federal Works Project Administration (WPA) at an estimated cost of $100,000 built the sandstone structure in 1939. To those too young to remember, the WPA was an agency conceived by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to help overcome the Great Depression. Originally the stadium included a baseball field as well as the football gridiron, but old age caught up with...

In 1936, the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed construction of an armory in Perry, Oklahoma in order to support the equipment storage and training needs of the Perry Unit of the Oklahoma Army National Guard. In 2011 the Armory was transferred back to the community. The public release that announced the transfer of the Armory from the military to the community points out that "...during the Great Depression, local communities and the State of Oklahoma were unable to fund the construction of... armories....This armory was one of many proposed Oklahoma armories approved for construction by the WPA." It goes on to note...

"In 1937 the public school system was in serious need of a building program, but the two previous bond issues were not yet paid off and, because of the Depression, the valuation of the district had dropped drastically.  These circumstance would allow for only a small bond issue.  However, with the help of government funds made available through the W.P.A. and small bond issue, several major building projects were completed; the Manual Arts building in 1937, the Band building in 1939. "   (https://perry.k12.ok.us) The current Perry High School has several new buildings. These WPA buildings are still standing, but it is...

Also called CCC Park, Perry Lake Park was built by the CCC during the Great Depression. The lake, dock and picnic shelters remain.   A plaque at the park provides a history of this site: "The creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 gave promise to many communities affected by the Great Depression of the 30's. Through the cooperative efforts of the Chamber of Commerce, city officials and interested citizens, 170 acres of land referred to as 'The Perry City Farm' was designated as the site for a CCC Camp. Will Rogers, at the time Oklahoma's...

The historic post office building in Perry, Oklahoma was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1939, is still in use today. A New Deal mural that had been housed in the post office lobby has since been relocated to a nearby museum.

The oil-on-canvas mural "Range Branding Down by the Big Tank" was commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The work was completed by Thomas M. Stell, Jr. and installed in the historic post office building in Perry, Oklahoma in 1941. The work has since been relocated to Perry's Cherokee Strip Museum.

A 1939 PWA project involved a significant extension of the Perry power plant designed to double the city's electricity output. Pre-work estimates put the cost of the project at $75,000, with $45,000 to be provided by the federal government. Exact location and status unknown.