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Coalgate School Gymnasium-Auditorium

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

“The Coalgate School Gymnasium-Auditorium is a historic school building in Coalgate, Oklahoma. It is located at the intersection of Fox and Frey streets in Coalgate, Oklahoma and is one of several properties in Southeastern Oklahoma constructed by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression.”

Wikipedia article Coalgate School Gymnasium-Auditorium, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 5 National Register listings published here for Coal County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Coalgate School Gymnasium--Auditorium - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Fox and Frey Sts., Coalgate, 74538
  • When was it listed? September 1988
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. WPA Public Bldgs., Recreational Facilities and Cemetery Improvements in Southeastern Oklahoma, 1935-1943 TR
  • Census division. East Coal
  • National Register reference number. 88001382 - 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.

Fires near this property

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Coalgate School Gymnasium-Auditorium between 1996 and 2018, burning about 1,735 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
22 March 2018Arson/incendiarism175 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
9 February 2006Arson/incendiarism285 acresTalihina AgencyCOAL 48 31
27 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresTalihina AgencyCOALGROUND
27 February 2006Natural4.5 acresTalihina AgencyTHORNBUSH
26 February 2006Natural7.0 acresTalihina AgencyBRADY
19 February 1996Arson/incendiarism10 acresChickasaw AgencyCOALGATE1
19 February 1996Arson/incendiarism10 acresChickasaw AgencyCOALGATE2
26 January 2006Natural40 acresTalihina AgencyAVANZIE

Every fire recorded in Coal County

Storms near this property

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coalgate, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 17 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2001Tornado (F2)Coalgate1 killed, 1 hurt, $75,000This tornado formed 4 miles southeast of Coalgate and tracked northeastward for 8 miles before crossing into northwest Atoka County at 0434 CST (See following entry for information about the Atoka County segment). The tornado then continued for another 5 miles before dissipating at 0440 CST. In Coal County, 1 fatalilty and injuries to another person occurred when a mobile home was thrown approximately 200 yards and disintegrated 4 miles east of Coalgate. In addition, a well-constructed frame home suffered severe roof damage and exterior wall damage in extreme eastern Coal County.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindCoalgate$60,000Several businesses suffered roof damage along with a front plate glass window broken out. Several signs and billboards were damaged. A storage shed was also lifted and moved, landing upside down in a driveway. Privacy fence was downed. The ticket booth at the football field was turned over. The baseball park also suffered damage. A dugout made of concrete blocks, a metal frame and roof was destroyed. Light poles were also downed.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindCoalgate$40,000Several large signs were blown down. Minor roof damage was reported to some homes and business'. Reported by the Coal County Emergency Management. Monetary damages were estimated.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindCoalgate$12,000Five large telephone poles were blown down. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindCoalgate$10,000Tree limbs down, damages to multiple roofs in town. Time estimated by radar.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindCoalgate$7,500An 18 inch diameter tree was blown onto a house causing roof damage.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindCoalgate$2,500Severe thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn near the junction of Highways 3 and 75. Power lines and trees were also downed across Coal County.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindCoalgate$2,000Multiple trees and power lines were downed on the south side of Coalgate.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCoalgate$600Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
September 2020Flash FloodCoalgate-Some streets in town closed due to high waters.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindCoalgate-Winds were estimated based on minor tree damage.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCoalgate-No damage was reported with the wind gust.
May 2006Flash FloodCoalgate-During the evening of May 9, multiple, slow-moving thunderstorms dropped 2 to 4 inches of rainfall over southeastern Coal County producing flash flooding in the region. At 700 pm CST, Coal County law enforcement officials reported that floodwaters had covered Oklahoma State Highway 3 one mile west of Coalgate.
April 1993HailCoalgate-Severe thunderstorms developed in northeast Oklahoma ahead of a cold front during the late afternoon of April 24th and moved across eastern and portions of eastern Oklahoma during the night. The thunderstorms spawned 8 tornadoes, and produced hail to baseball-size and damaging straight line winds. The first two tornadoes of the day were the most destructive. The first tornado touched down in East Tulsa near 6th Street and 135th East Avenue at 1750 CST. This tornado moved northeast for about a mile before entering Rogers County at 1753 CST. There, a truck stop near Interstate 44 and 161st East Avenue took a direct hit from the tornado. Numerous tractor- trailers and cars were destroyed in the vicinity of the truck stop. Six people were killed at or near the truck stop. The tornado then continued northeast into Catoosa where several residential neighborhoods and the Colonial Port Mobile Home Park received heavy damage. The 7th and final fatality associated with this tornado occurred at the mobile home park. The tornado dissipated at 1803 CST 1 mile west of State Highway 66 north of Catoosa. This F4 tornado traveled 5.5 miles and was 250 yards wide. (M70P)(M39V)(F39V)(F8V)(M33V)(M35O)(F77M) A second tornado formed at 1757 CST near the truck stop at Interstate 44 and 161st East Avenue and moved east northeast. This tornado also caused heavy damage to Catoosa, but resulted in no additional fatalities. The tornado lifted at 1815 CST 1.5 miles north of State Highway 412 to the east of Catoosa. This F3 tornado traveled 8 miles and was 250 yards wide. The two tornadoes injured about 130 people, and damaged or destroyed 70% of the businesses in Catoosa. Damage estimates for Catoosa schools was estimated at $8 to $10 million, with the high school sustaining the brunt of the damage. Total damage caused by the tornadoes has been estimated at over $100 million. This thunderstorm also produced a microburst which destroyed a church at 15th Street and Memorial Drive in Tulsa, and damaged several other Tulsa businesses. Straight line winds also caused damage to homes and destroyed two mobile homes in Wagoner County. In all, approximately 858 dwellings were affected by the storms. Preliminary figures by county are as follows: Tulsa County - 116 homes were damaged, 17 mobile homes were damaged, 3 businesses were destroyed, 40 businesses were damaged, 1 public building was destroyed, 2 public buildings were damaged, 1 church building was destroyed, and 5 church buildings were damaged; Rogers County - 163 homes were destroyed, 147 homes were damaged, 100 mobile homes were destroyed, 41 rental units were damaged or destroyed, 49 businesses were damaged or destroyed, and 15 public buildings were damaged or destroyed; Wagoner County - 111 homes were damaged and 2 mobile homes were destroyed. The third tornado touched down at 1846 CST, 4 miles west of Locust Grove in Mayes County and moved east northeast for 4.5 miles before lifting at 1856 CST, 1.5 miles north of Locust Grove. The tornado destroyed 1 house and 5 mobile homes, and damaged 10 houses and 7 mobile homes. Several barns and outbuildings were also destroyed. One minor injury was caused by the tornado. This F2 tornado caused around $500,000 worth of damage and was 150 yards wide. The 4th and 8th tornadoes were brief F0-tornado with no significant damage reported. The tornadoes occurred 2 miles west of Rose in Mayes County at 1917CST, near Chance in Adair County at 2015 CST, 4 miles northeast of Centrahoma in Coal County at 2155 CST, near Ashland in Pittsburg County at 2215 CST and 4 miles west of Wapanucka in Johnston County at 2235 CST. Strong thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines, and destroyed barns and outbuildings at several locations. Strong straight line winds destroyed a mobile home 2 miles south-southeast of Leach, destroyed a chicken house 3 miles southwest of Leach, damaged barns and gates 10 miles west of Atoka and downed 4 power poles near Idabel. Large hail was widespread with the storms. Baseball-size hail fell 10 miles east of Catoosa and 2 miles northwest of Locust Grove. Golfball-size hail covered the ground along State Highway 412 from 2 miles west of Inola to 1 mile south of Chouteau. A lightning strike started an oil tank battery fire near Lindsay.
April 2022HailCoalgate-no account filed
April 2022HailCoalgate-no account filed
May 2017HailCoalgate-no account filed
May 2017HailCoalgate-no account filed
April 2011HailCoalgate-no account filed
May 2010HailCoalgate-no account filed
May 2009HailCoalgate-no account filed
September 2009HailCoalgate-no account filed
May 2006HailCoalgate-no account filed
May 2002HailCoalgate-no account filed
April 2002HailCoalgate-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindCoalgate-no account filed
June 1998HailCoalgate-no account filed
February 1998HailCoalgate-no account filed
February 1998HailCoalgate-no account filed
April 1997HailCoalgate-no account filed
April 1994HailCoalgate-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coal 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

4 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 PropertyDistance Listed
United States Post Office Coalgate0.4 miles2009
Merchants National Bank Building4.8 miles2006
Benjamin Franklin Smallwood House5.9 miles1982
Keel Creek Bridge6.8 miles2007

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 88001382 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Coal CountyAll 5 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.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • 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.