Pawnee Armory

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Pawnee Armory

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Location First and Cleveland Streets,
Pawnee, Oklahoma
Coordinates 36°19′57″N96°47′42″W / 36.33250°N 96.79500°W / 36.33250; -96.79500 Coordinates: 36°19′57″N96°47′42″W / 36.33250°N 96.79500°W / 36.33250; -96.79500
Built 1936
Built by WPA
Architect Bryan W. Nolen
NRHP reference # 94000486 [1]
Added to NRHP May 20, 1994

The Pawnee Armory in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, United States, is a single story rectangular building measuring 149 ft (45 m) x 237 ft (72 m). It was built of native stone by the Works Progress Administration. According to the plaque on the building it was completed in 1936, though the application form for the National Historic Places Registration form indicates it was finished in 1937. It originally housed the Oklahoma National Guard. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Pawnee County, Oklahoma County in the United States

Pawnee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 16,577. Its county seat is Pawnee. The county is named after the Pawnee Tribe.

Works Progress Administration largest and most ambitious United States federal government New Deal agency

The Works Progress Administration was an American New Deal agency, employing millions of people to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. It was established on May 6, 1935, by Executive Order 7034. In a much smaller project, Federal Project Number One, the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects. The four projects dedicated to these were: the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP), the Historical Records Survey (HRS), the Federal Theatre Project (FTP), the Federal Music Project (FMP), and the Federal Art Project (FAP). In the Historical Records Survey, for instance, many former slaves in the South were interviewed; these documents are of great importance for American history. Theater and music groups toured throughout America, and gave more than 225,000 performances. Archaeological investigations under the WPA were influential in the rediscovery of pre-Columbian Native American cultures, and the development of professional archaeology in the US.

Oklahoma National Guard

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