Sulphur Armory - Sulphur, OK - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

While the old armory isn't in ruin, it could use a little bit of maintenance, and today, you'll find Sulphur High School football equipment stored behind it. The windows are screened so as to make a peek inside impossible, so there is no indication as to whether or not the building is being used for storage. While surrounded by a barbed wire fence, the gate to the back is wide open, making photography easy.

The National Register registration form is a good read (see Secondary Website 1), but in summary, the Sulphur Armory made the National Register of Historic Places because of its association with the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Oklahoma National Guard. The WPA put the jobless to work -- they even had a camp in Platt National Park, which is now part of the Chickasaw National Recreation Area -- and their architecture and handiwork are present in many stone buildings like this one throughout Sulphur. The Oklahoma National Guard occupied the building for over fifty-six years.

The armory is a single-story, roughly rectangular building, about 145' by 122'. It is built of native stone and brick, and has a barrel-roofed drill hall and a flat-roofed administrative section. The use of geometrical shapes and vertical lines to break the horizontal mass of the building suggest an Art Deco influence on the design. The use of native materials along with the fortress-like appearance make the Sulphur Armory an excellent example of WPA architecture in Oklahoma.

Street address: 500 W Wynnewood Ave Sulphur, OK USA 73086 County / Borough / Parish: Murray Year listed: 1994 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture, Military, Economics Periods of significance: 1925-1949 Historic function: Defense Current function: Vacant/Not In Use Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Secondary Website 2: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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