Idabel Armory

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Idabel Armory | nrhp_type = | image = Idabel August 2018 13 (Bus Barn - Idabel Armory).jpg | caption = | location= Washington and SE Avenue F Sts., Idabel, Oklahoma | coordinates={{coord|33|53|43|N|94|49|16|W|display=inline,title,source:NRIS2010a}} | locmapin = Oklahoma#USA | built = 1936 | architecture = Romanesque, Vernacular Romanesque | added = September 8, 1988 | area = less than one acre | mpsub = [https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/64000690.pdf WPA Public Bldgs., Recreational Facilities and Cemetery Improvements in Southeastern Oklahoma, 1935--1943 TR] | refnum = 88001409<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }} The '''Idabel Armory''' in Idabel, Oklahoma was built in 1936 as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project.<ref name=nris/> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.<ref name=nris/>

It is a single-story building built of sandstone. Its main portion is {{convert|86x124|ft|m}} and it has two {{convert|30x92|ft|m}} wings.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=88001409}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Continuation Sheet: Idabel Armory |publisher=National Park Service|author= |date= |accessdate=October 29, 2017}} With {{NRHP url|id=88001409|photos=y|title=two photos from 1984}}.</ref>

Its NRHP nomination notes:<blockquote>As a WPA building, the armory is notable primarily for its scale. That quality makes the structure significant within the community of Idabel, but more important is its type, materials of construction and character of workmanship. Equally significant is that the building itself contributed to a state of military preparedness which enabled the Oklahoma National Guard to contribute to the allied victory during World War II. Among other things, it contains an in-door rifle range. Construction of the armory likewise provided jobs for destitute workers at a point in the depression of the 1930s when there were none in the private sector, resulting in some economic security and greater self-esteem.<ref name=nrhpdoc/></blockquote>

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Category:National Register of Historic Places in McCurtain County, Oklahoma Category:Romanesque Revival architecture in Oklahoma Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1936 Category:McCurtain County, Oklahoma