White Cloud Lodge | |
  Location in Oklahoma  Location in United States | |
| Location | 820 E. 146th St., Payne County, Oklahoma near Perkins, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates | 35°56′57″N97°02′53″W / 35.94917°N 97.04806°W Coordinates: 35°56′57″N97°02′53″W / 35.94917°N 97.04806°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1966 |
| Architect | Elmira Sauberan Smyrl |
| Architectural style | Contemporary |
| NRHP reference # | 10000619 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 3, 2010 |
The White Cloud Lodge, in Payne County, Oklahoma near Perkins, Oklahoma, was a Contemporary-style work of architect Elmira Sauberan Smyrl. It was built in 1966 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1]
Payne County is a county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 77,350. Its county seat is Stillwater. The county was created in 1890 as part of Oklahoma Territory and is named for Capt. David L. Payne, a leader of the "Boomers".
Perkins is a city in southern Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,831 at the 2010 census, an increase of 24.6 percent from 2,272 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from Walden Perkins, a congressman who helped establish the local post office. The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma is headquartered here.
Contemporary architecture is the architecture of the 21st century. No single style is dominant; contemporary architects are working in a dozen different styles, from postmodernism and high-tech architecture to highly conceptual and expressive styles, resembling sculpture on an enormous scale. The different styles and approaches have in common the use of very advanced technology and modern building materials, such as Tube structure which allows construction of the buildings that are taller, lighter and stronger than those in the 20th century, and the use of new techniques of computer-aided design, which allow buildings to be designed and modeled on computers in three dimensions, and constructed with more precision and speed.
The building is a thin shell concrete structure which she designed to serve as a "school for family living", back in 1955 as her thesis project at Oklahoma State University. [2]
Later the building was closed and used only for storage. [2]
