Poteau Community Building

Poteau Community Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Hill and Hopkins Sts., Poteau, Oklahoma
Coordinates	35°3′13″N 94°37′24″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1937
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 NRHP	September 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]

References

1. "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.