Poteau Community Building

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Poteau Community Building
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LocationHill and Hopkins Sts., Poteau, Oklahoma
Coordinates 35°3′13″N94°37′24″W / 35.05361°N 94.62333°W / 35.05361; -94.62333
Arealess than one acre
Built1937
Built by Works Progress Administration
MPS WPA Public Bldgs., Recreational Facilities and Cemetery Improvements in Southeastern Oklahoma, 1935--1943 TR
NRHP reference No. 88001403 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1988

The Poteau Community Building, in Poteau in Le Flore County in southeastern Oklahoma, is a multipurpose community building built as Works Progress Administration project in 1937. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]

It is a two-story 39 by 35 feet (12 m × 11 m) structure made of rusticated and coursed native sandstone with exterior chimneys at each end. [2]

It was one of multiple WPA-related properties studied as a group in 1985, many of which were then listed on the National Register. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Continuation: Poteau Community Building". National Park Service . Retrieved June 16, 2017. With two photos from 1984.
  3. W. David Baird (June 15, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) Public Buildings, Recreational Facilities, and Cemetery Improvements in Southeastern Oklahoma, 1935-1943 TR". National Park Service . Retrieved June 16, 2017.