Franklin Hall

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

From the record

“Franklin Hall in Goodwell, Oklahoma, USA, built during 1909-10 by a local contractor, has been used in various ways for housing throughout its history. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Texas County, Oklahoma in 2007 with the alternate name Girls' Dormitory/Boys' Dormitory.”
Wikipedia article Franklin Hall (Goodwell, Oklahoma), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 17 National Register listings published here for Texas County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 201 N. College Ave., Goodwell, 73939
When was it listed? September 2007
Category. building
Census division. Guymon
National Register reference number. 07000909 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Franklin Hall: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Caliche Pit	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Unknown Caliche Pit	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Unknown Caliche Pit	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Unknown Caliche Pit	Limestone, General	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Texas County

Storms near this property

60 of 167 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goodwell, the town this property stands in, in 167 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 98 thunderstorm wind, 63 hail, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	$37,000	Patrol vehicle reported to be damaged by tree blowing over onto it.
May 2003	Tornado (F1)	Goodwell	$30,000	The tornado remained over open country. The tornado knocked down powerlines north of Texhoma...destroyed one hog barn with major damage to two others...and two homes in rural Texas county received major damage.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	$20,000	Half of the roof blown was off of a mobile home in Goodwell. Some 6-inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
June 2025	Hail	Goodwell	$15,000	A supercell thunderstorm brought a swath of large hail to the areas around Goodwell in Texas County. Baseball size hail fell around six miles west of Goodwell. The largest hailstone that was observed was three inches which occurred three miles southwest of Goodwell. Golfball size hail fell five miles south of Goodwell which resulted in hail damage to trailers and broken windows. Golfball size hail also fell in Goodwell.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	$15,000	Damage was reported to out buildings.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	$5,000	Three vehicles in a 100 yard area had their windows damaged by the wind or flying debris carried by the wind. Multiple tree limbs, with two as large as 8 inches in diameter, were also blown down. This occurred near the campus of Oklahoma Panhandle State University.
June 1994	Hail	Goodwell	$5,000	A severe thunderstorm over Texas county produced hail up to golfball size. This storm had reports from the Guymon Oklahoma Highway Patrol, storm spotters and an Amarillo TV station. There were several reports of broken windows and the sides of trailer homes were dented. Local corn and wheat fields also received severe damage.
June 1994	Hail	Goodwell	$5,000	A severe thunderstorm over Texas County produced hail up to golf ball-size. This storm had reports from the Guymon Office of Highway Patrol (OHP), storm spotters, and an Amarillo TV station. There were several reports of broken windows and the sides of mobile homes were dented. Local corn and wheat fields also received severe damage.
June 1994	Hail	Goodwell	$5,000	A severe thunderstorm over Texas county produced hail up to golfball size. This storm had reports from the Guymon Oklahoma Highway Patrol, storm spotters and an Amarillo TV station. There were several reports of broken windows and the sides of trailer homes were dented. Local corn and wheat fields also received severe damage.
June 1994	Hail	Goodwell	$5,000	A severe thunderstorm over Texas County produced hail up to golf ball-size. This storm had reports from the Guymon Office of Highway Patrol (OHP), storm spotters, and an Amarillo TV station. There were several reports of broken windows and the sides of mobile homes were dented. Local corn and wheat fields also received severe damage.
May 2024	Hail	Goodwell	$5,000	no account filed
April 2008	Lightning	Goodwell	$4,000	Thunderstorms which moved across Goodwell Oklahoma during the early morning hours knocked out power to around six hundred and eighty Tri-County Electric customers. No injuries were reported.
February 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	$2,000	A trained spotter reported a downed power pole in Goodwell and that much of the east side of Goodwell was without power.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	Strong thunderstorm outflow lead to severe wind gusts in Texas county including Goodwell.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	A heat burst occurred around 2030 CDT from decaying thunderstorms. This resulted in a few large tree branches being snapped to the east northeast of Goodwell.
June 2024	Hail	Goodwell	-	Emergency manager relayed this report to the NWS in Amarillo. An off duty dispatcher reported large hail near baseball size on highway 54 between Goodwell and Texhoma. Was said that the hail stopped just before Goodwell. The dispatcher also reported there was enough hail to cover roadway and they had major cracks in windshield.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	The mesonet station at Goodwell measured a 60 mph gust between 0335CDT and 0340CDT.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	Initial severe wind gust occurred at 2010 CDT with peak gust around 2015 CDT.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	This gust was measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet station 2 miles east of Goodwell.
March 2020	Hail	Goodwell	-	Accumulating pea size hail was reported. There was enough to make the ground look white. Some dime up to nickel size hail was mixed in.
July 2020	Hail	Goodwell	-	Nickel size hail fell in Goodwell.
July 2020	Hail	Goodwell	-	Golf ball size hail fell 1 mile east-southeast of Goodwell.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	A 61 mph gust was measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet station 2 miles east of Goodwell. No damage was reported.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	This gust was measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet station 2 miles east of Goodwell.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	Gusts over 60 mph were measured in 1 minute observations several times during this 10 minute period. Of which 65 MPH gust is the highest.
August 2020	Hail	Goodwell	-	Spotter reported hail was mostly pea with a few ping pong ball size stones mixed in. The hail was short lived.
May 2019	Hail	Goodwell	-	Quarter to golfball sized hail in Goodwell.
May 2019	Hail	Goodwell	-	Quarter to golfball sized hail in Goodwell.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	Goodwell firefighter reports estimated 75 to 80 mph with initial gust front. A friend of his 3 miles north of town lost power.
May 2018	Hail	Goodwell	-	Quarter to half dollar sized hail reported.
May 2018	Hail	Goodwell	-	Late report, time estimated by radar.
May 2018	Tornado (EF0)	Goodwell	-	A tornado touched down just south of Goodwell, causing a damage path approximately 50 yards wide and a quarter mile long. The tornado caused a barn to collapse after lifting the roof off of it.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	Roof blown off barn, and another barn collapsed near Goodwell, OK.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	Thunderstorm wind gust due to micro burst.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	A 70 mph wind gust was measured by the KVII schoolet set in Goodwell.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	A 60 mph wind gust was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet site located in Goodwell.
September 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	A 63 mph wind gust was measured by the Oklahoma Mesonet 2 miles east of Goodwell.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma Mesonet 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 65 mph downburst gust. After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma Mesonet 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 64 mph downburst gust. After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma Mesonet 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 67 mph downburst gust. After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma Mesonet 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 58 mph downburst gust. After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma Mesonet 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 59 mph downburst gust. After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma Mesonet 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 66 mph downburst gust. After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma Mesonet 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 60 mph downburst gust. After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast.
October 2014	Hail	Goodwell	-	A cluster of thunderstorms moved into Texas County during the evening hours of the 9th. As this cluster of storms approached the town of Goodwell (Texas County), a member of the public reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch) in town. After producing this hail the cluster of storms continued to move eastward across the county.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	A decaying thunderstorm moved across Texas County during the evening hours of the 22nd. As it neared the city of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma mesonet site 2 miles east of Goodwell measured a 58 mph thunderstorm downburst gust. This storm continued to move eastward after producing this gust.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	A decaying thunderstorm moved across Texas County during the evening hours of the 22nd. As it neared the city of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma mesonet site 2 miles east of Goodwell measured a 67 mph thunderstorm downburst gust. This storm continued to move eastward after producing this gust.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	A line of thunderstorms moved into the central Oklahoma Panhandle during the late evening hours of the 22nd. As the line neared the town of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma mesonet site 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 64 mph downburst. After producing this downburst the line continued moving southward across the county.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	A line of thunderstorms moved into the central Oklahoma Panhandle during the late evening hours of the 22nd. As the line neared the town of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma mesonet site 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 58 mph downburst. After producing this downburst the line continued moving southward across the county.
June 2013	Hail	Goodwell	-	A discrete supercell thunderstorm developed over the northeastern New Mexico Plains and moved to the east across the western Oklahoma Panhandle. As this thunderstorm neared Goodwell (Texas County), trained storm spotter in Goodwell (Texas County) reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch). After producing this hail the supercell continued moving to the east across the southern portion of the county.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	A squall line moved across the Oklahoma Panhandle during the late night hours of the 7th. As the squall line moved across Texas County, the Oklahoma Mesonet site 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 66 mph thunderstorm wind gust. The squall line continued to move to the east after producing this gust and exited the panhandle by midnight of the 8th.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	A squall line moved across the Oklahoma Panhandle during the late night hours of the 7th. As the squall line moved across Texas County, the Oklahoma Mesonet site 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 68 mph thunderstorm wind gust. The squall line continued to move to the east after producing this gust and exited the panhandle by midnight of the 8th.
October 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	An embedded thunderstorm within an eastward moving line of thunderstorms briefly intensified while moving across the Oklahoma Panhandle. This storm produced a 71 mph downburst 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County). The Oklahoma mesonet site 2 miles east of Goodwell was able to measure this downburst. After producing this downburst, the nocturnal inversion strengthened sufficiently to prevent any further downbursts during the evening hours of the 10th.
April 2011	Hail	Goodwell	-	The Emergency Manager reported that quarter size hail fell of U.S. Highway 54 and was covering the ground.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	The thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the Oklahoma Panhandle State University.
August 2010	Flash Flood	Goodwell	-	A trained spotter reported that part of the golf course in Goodwell was flooded and that the bar ditches were overflowing. No damage or injuries were reported.
June 2008	Hail	Goodwell	-	The hail was reportedly covering the ground.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	The thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site located two miles east of Goodwell.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	The thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site located two miles east of Goodwell.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Goodwell	-	The thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site located two miles east of Goodwell.

Every storm recorded in Texas County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Penick House	6.5 miles	1984

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 07000909 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Texas County	All 17 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.