Pocasset Auditorium - Pocasset, OK
Posted by: hamquilter
N 35° 11.506 W 097° 57.315
14S E 595113 N 3894809
This WPA-constructed gymnasium is still in use by the Amber-Pocasset school district.
Waymark Code: WMKTV4
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2014
Views: 3
The Pocasset Gymnasium was designed by architect, Walter T. Vahlberg and constructed by the WPA in 1940-41. The building is still in use by the local school district and has housed grades 1 thru 6 since the 1960s. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
This is a one-story rectangular building with a barrel roof. The exterior walls are native sandstone. It maintains a horizontal appearance due to white concrete coping and a concrete belt course wrapping around the south side. The building has a Modern style with rounded corners and 9-pane round windows on the upper wall of the south side, and above the entrance. Attached on the west side is a one-story, flat-roofed shop-finishing room extension which has large 16- and 20-pane windows, with two pedestrian and one overhead door entrances on the west side.
The gymnasium entrance is a rounded, single door entrance, with boarded up sidelights and transom. The six windows on the south side are also boarded.
This property is listed on the Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory database. (
visit link)