Public Library – Stillwater – Oklahoma's New Deal

Address:	206 West 6th Ave., Stillwater, Oklahoma	County:	Payne
Started:		Completed:	1938
Agencies:	PWA	NRHP:	No

Current Usage

For Sale; Dental Office in Basement.

Description

A two-story brick, hipped roof building built in colonial revival style. This building was built by PWA grant funds in 1938. Most of the interior has changed over the years, but the outer construction is still unaltered. At the time of visit the building was for sale and listed on multiple realtor websites.

Library website has small information of the following:

“In 1927, the W. T. Keys home, located at the corner of 6th Avenue and Husband, was purchased for $10,500 to house the Library. On April 27, 1937, Stillwater voters approved 3 to1 the construction of a 12,000 square foot library at the same location for $60,000. Built with an additional $22,500 Public Works Administration grant, the Library at 206 West 6th Avenue was opened to the public on September 21, 1938, and formally dedicated October 16 with over 1,000 in attendance and Dr. Henry G. Bennett, president of Oklahoma A&M College as the principal speaker. The new library featured an auditorium, shelving for 22,000 books, and seating for 100 people in the reading room and 250 in the auditorium.”

Cornerstone shows it was built by Federal Emergency Administration of Public Work Project No. Okla. 1095 DS

R.W. Shaw Architect

Dennehy Const Co. Builders.