Built in 1936 (Art Deco architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Haskell County · listed in 1988 · category: Building · built in 1936, Art Deco architecture.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Stigler School Gymnasium-Auditorium between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,493 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 29 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/incendiarism | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Talihina Agency | EC233 |
| 29 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20440 |
| 27 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2006 | Natural | 25 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20480 |
| 2 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20398 |
| 8 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Talihina Agency | EC20092A |
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 20151 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Stigler School Gymnasium-Auditorium: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Bentonite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Bentonite Pit | Pumice, Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone & Shale Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone & Shale Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stigler, the town this property stands in, in 87 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 38 thunderstorm wind, 31 hail, 10 flash flood, 5 tornado. The reports record 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Stigler | 1 hurt, $30,000 | A F0 tornado touched down just north of Stigler and traveled two miles east northeast before dissipating.One mobile home was destroyed and several trees were damaged. The person who was in the mobile home was injured. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | $500,000 | Thunderstorm winds severely damaged the Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative building and the Alumbaugh Health Clinic. Three doors on the Haskell County district county barn were damaged as were four bay doors at the Speedy Lube business. The building housing the Stigler livestock auction was also damaged as was the press box at the high school football stadium. Several homes also likely received garage door and roof damage. |
| April 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Stigler | $100,000 | A F1 tornado touched down 4 miles north of Stigler and traveled 3 miles before it lifted 5 miles southwest of Tamaha. A roof of a house and a porch were tore off and six barns were destroyed. In addition numerous trees were damaged and several power lines were blown down. Winds associated with the parent storm of this tornado gusted to 91 miles an hour at the mesonet site 3 miles northwest of Stigler. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Stigler | $50,000 | Numerous streets were flooded and subsequently closed. Flood water rose into a few homes. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | $25,000 | An Oklahoma mesonet site near Stigler recorded a 74 mile an hour wind gust. The strong wind damaged outbuildings, removed large sections of metal roofing from structures, and damaged signs. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged three houses. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down an outbuilding. A travel trailer was also blown over. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | $10,000 | Strong winds blew the window out of a downtown Stigler business. A downtown building had the tin ripped off of its roof. A tree fell over onto a mobile home, trapping its occupant. Power poles and several other small trees were blown over in Stigler. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Stigler | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Stigler | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 75 miles an hour blew trees down and ripped shingles from the roofs of some homes. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and tree limbs. one tree limb damaged a roof. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Stigler | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds produced thousands of dollars of damage in the city of Stigler. The pattern of the damage and spotter reports also indicated that a tornado briefly touched down just southwest of the city of Stigler. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew a power line down. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | $2,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in Stigler and countywide. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs and power lines. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees and power lines down. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Stigler | $100 | An F0 tornado briefly touched down six miles southeast of Stigler. The damage was limited to trees. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | $100 | Large tree limbs were knocked down. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | $100 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | $100 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Stigler | - | A storm chaser with the broadcast media reported a brief tornado on live television. No known damage occurred, thus it was rated EF-unknown. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph near Stigler. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Stigler | - | Portions of Highway 82 were flooded and closed, south of the Highway 9 intersection. |
| October 2019 | Flash Flood | Stigler | - | Portions of Highway 9 were flooded east of Stigler. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees. |
| September 2012 | Flash Flood | Stigler | - | A few roads in town were briefly closed due to high water. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet site near Stigler recorded thunderstorm wind gusts up to 71 mph. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | - | The Oklahoma Mesonet site near Stigler recorded thunderstorm wind gusts of up to 59 mph. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Stigler | - | Law enforcement reported water over the roadway south of Stigler. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Stigler | - | Heavy rain caused streets and roads to be flooded in and around Stigler. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | - | The Oklahoma mesonet site near Stigler measure a 60 mile an hour wind gust. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Stigler | - | Heavy thunderstorm rains which totalled 2.46 inches in Stigler caused severe street flooding in that city. |
| September 2001 | Flash Flood | Stigler | - | Heavy thunderstorm rains caused major street flooding. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | - | The Oklahoma mesonet site near Stigler measured a 60 mph wind gust. Calls to the area yielded only reports of small tree limbs broken by the wind. |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Stigler | - | There was street flooding in Stigler. |
| November 1997 | Hail | Stigler | - | Severe thunderstorms developed in eastern Oklahoma during the early morning of November 5th and produced large hail. Quarter size hail fell at Talala, Porter, and just south of Kiowa, and dime to quarter size hail fell at White Oak. Dime to nickel size hail fell at numerous other locations in eastern Oklahoma. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Stigler | - | A severe thunderstorm produced dime-size hail one mile east of Stigler. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | - | Severe thunderstorms developed in southeast Oklahoma during the late morning and early afternoon of April 22nd. Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed prefab buildings at the Army Ammunitions Plant 5 miles west of Savanna, and buildings were damaged and large trees were blown down in Alderson. A tin roof was blown off a bus barn in McAlester, and numerous trees and power lines were also blown down in McAlester. A porch was blown off a mobile home 5 miles southeast of McAlester, and power poles were snapped by the wind near Kiowa. Strong thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs in Kinta, just south of Indianola, and in Stigler. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 miles an hour 10 miles south of McAlester. Nickel size hail fell 10 miles northeast of Stigler, and dime size hail covered the ground 1 mile east of Indianola. Dime size hail also fell at Wilburton, at Lequire, and at several other locations in Pittsburg County. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Stigler | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Stigler | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Stigler | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Stigler | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Hail | Stigler | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Stigler | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Stigler | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Stigler | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Stigler | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Stigler | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Stigler | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Stigler | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stigler | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Stigler | - | no account filed |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Haskell County Courthouse | 2.7 miles | 1984 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88001384 in Record Group 79. |
| Haskell County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
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