United States Post Office - Nowata, OK
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Noweata people called the town after themselves, but the railroad workers pronounced it Nowata, and the Federal Government made it so...
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Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 11/25/2018
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County of Post Office: Nowata County
Location of Post Office: 109 N. Pine St., Nowata
Mural Artist: Woody Crumbo
Architect: Louis Simon
Architectural Style: Art Deco
Phone: (918) 273-1681
"Designed in the Art Deco style, the post office is a modest, single-story buff brick building with a raised
basement. It has a simple, symmetrical façade with a central entrance flanked on either side by two
large windows. The most distinctive part of the façade consists of three recessed gray-colored
concrete panels above the entrance and the adjacent windows. From left to right, these panels carry
the imprinted designs of a train, plane, and boat all emblems of transportation expressing not only the
mobility of the mail, but, more importantly, the modernity of the postal system. More gray-colored
concrete frames the entire opening around the entrance and adjacent windows and provides an
attractive contrast to the brick cladding. Decorative brickwork continues the framing effect and creates
the impression that the bricks surrounding these openings are recessed. A narrow horizontal band of
concrete tops these three openings and encircles the building. In the wall space above this band and
centered above the entrance are the words "UNITED STATES POST OFFICE" and, below them in
smaller lettering, "NOWATA, OKLAHOMA." The top of the building is distinguished by continuous
concrete coping." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"The United States Post Office Nowata, at 109 N. Pine St. in Nowata, Oklahoma, was built in 1938. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
"It is Art Deco in style, with design credited to Louis Simon." ~ Wikipedia