Poteau Community Building Explained

Poteau Community Building
Coordinates:	35.0536°N -94.6233°W
Built:	1937
Added:	September 8, 1988
Area:	less than one acre
Mpsub:	WPA Public Bldgs., Recreational Facilities and Cemetery Improvements in Southeastern Oklahoma, 1935--1943 TR
Refnum:	88001403

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.

It is a two-story 39feetx35feetft (xft) structure made of rusticated and coursed native sandstone with exterior chimneys at each end.^[1]

It was one of multiple WPA-related properties studied as a group in 1985, many of which were then listed on the National Register.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=88001403}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Continuation: Poteau Community Building]. National Park Service. June 16, 2017. With .
2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64000690}} 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]. . W. David Baird . June 15, 1985 . June 16, 2017 .