Pocasset Gymnasium Explained

Pocasset Gymnasium
Coordinates:35.192°N -97.9551°W
Built:1940
Architecture:WPA standardized style
Added:December 13, 1996
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:96001489

The Pocasset Gymnasium, in Pocasset, Oklahoma, was built as a Works Progress Administration project in 1940. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

It is a NaNfeet building designed by architect Walter T. Vahlberg. It, along with renovations to school buildings in Pocasset, was to be funded by a WPA grant of 17,720 dollars and Pocasset School Board funds of 10,990 dollars, under a voter-approved bond.

It is located at the intersection of Adams St. and 6th St. in Pocasset.[1] This is about 0.125miles to the west off of Main St. (U.S. Highway 81), about 0.5miles south of the junction of U.S. 81 with Dutton Rd.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Google maps including streetview, accessed September 29, 2019
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=96001489}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pocasset Gymnasium ]. National Park Service. Cynthia Smelker . April 1996 . September 29, 2019. With