Valliant School Gymnasium-Auditorium

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

One of 13 National Register listings published here for McCurtain County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.

Sources: 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. Valliant School Gymnasium--Auditorium - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. Wilbor and Lucas Sts., Valliant, 74764
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. Valliant
Architectural style. Art Deco architecture
National Register reference number. 88001410 - 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

79 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Valliant School Gymnasium-Auditorium between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,094 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 35 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	35
Debris and open burning	23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Natural	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2

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
27 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
23 September 2002	Railroad operations and maintenance	7.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
2 September 2000	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
17 September 2013	Arson/incendiarism	65 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
4 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	10398
31 August 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	PINE TREE FIRE
31 August 2002	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
3 August 2006	Debris and open burning	33 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	10453

Every fire recorded in McCurtain County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Valliant School Gymnasium-Auditorium: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in McCurtain County

Storms near this property

50 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valliant, the town this property stands in, in 50 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 22 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 9 flash flood, 3 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 5 injuries. 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
October 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	1 killed, 1 hurt	Several large trees fell onto a mobile home west of Valliant on Sandpiper Road near the Choctaw County line. One fatality occurred at the scene when a 48 year old female was killed by a fallen tree. One injury was also reported to a male resident in the home.
December 2015	Tornado (EF2)	Valliant	3 hurt, $2,000,000	An NWS Storm Survey team determined that the damage west of Valliant, Oklahoma was consistent with that of tornado damage. The tornado first touched down near U.S. Hwy. 70 and traveled in a northeast direction before lifting near Tommy Taylor Road or just south of Pine Creek Reservoir. Numerous trees were uprooted and/or snapped along the damage path. Sixteen homes suffered significant damage and 4 mobile homes were completely destroyed. Two persons were injured when their mobile home was destroyed. Another person was injured when their mobile home was rolled by the tornado.
September 2005	Lightning	Valliant	1 hurt	Lightning struck a home in Valliant and a woman suffered burns to her arm.
May 2009	Flash Flood	Valliant	$250,000	Numerous state highways and roads closed. A few high water rescues were made from vehicles that were washed of roadways. Water entered some homes in Valliant, Oklahoma with evacuation shelters being set up.
May 2003	Tornado (F2)	Valliant	$50,000	A violent thunderstorm moved rapidly southeast across McCurtain County, OK into Bowie County, TX and Cass County, TX. This thunderstorm also produced a strong Microburst in McCurtain County southeast of Idabel, OK and again southeast of Maud, TX. Numerous trees and limbs were snapped or pushed over while several large corporate and private corn fields were ripped up. The only structure in the path of this tornado was located next to the Highway 259 bridge which crosses the Red River into Bowie County, TX.. This tornado moved into Bowie and Cass Counties, TX.
June 1999	Lightning	Valliant	$30,000	Lightning hit a refrigerator inside a Valliant residence causing the compressor to explode which liliterallylew up the kitchen and living room of the house. Luckily no one was home at the time. Extensive damage also occurred from the resulting fire and smoke.
November 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	$12,000	Several large trees down and a Railroad Crossarm was ripped from its post and blown into a ditch.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	$5,000	Trees blown down and a camper trailer was overturned.
April 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	$5,000	Severe thunderstorms developed along a cold front in southeast and south-central Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 13th and moved southeast during the night. The storms remained across extreme southeast Oklahoma during the morning hours on the 14th. Several locations reported dime- to quarter-size hail. Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines south of Haworth, destroyed a satellite dish and radio antenna in Valliant and knocked down trees and power lines and ripped a roof off a house in Wright City. Lightning started fires which severely damaged a church in Haworth and a home in Wetumka. Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding and several road closings. A road crossing Sandy Creek northwest of Ada was closed due to high water. Sandy Creek road west of Ada was closed in several locations. High water washed out a bridge near Allen. Heavy rains resulted in water over East Avenue in Wynnewood.
November 1993	Tornado (F0)	Valliant	$5,000	no account filed
November 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	$5,000	no account filed
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	-	Trees were blown down on Wheeler Road northwest of Valliant.
June 2023	Hail	Valliant	-	Quarter size hail reported near Valliant via mPING.
June 2021	Flash Flood	Valliant	-	Widespread street flooding was observed throughout the town of Valliant.
June 2021	Flash Flood	Valliant	-	Highway 70 in Valliant was flooded and closed. Several vehicles were stalled out in the high water. Numerous streets flooded in and near Valliant.
June 2021	Flash Flood	Valliant	-	Highway 70 from Valliant to Hugo (in Choctaw County) was closed due to high swift moving water. Multiple water rescues were needed.
February 2018	Flash Flood	Valliant	-	High water across Roy Roberts Road, Clear Creek Road, as well as numerous road in and near Valliant.
March 2018	Flash Flood	Valliant	-	High water continued to cover Roy Roberts Road, Clear Creek Road, and numerous other roads in the Valliant area.
May 2009	Flash Flood	Valliant	-	Roads continue to be underwater in town and throughout the southern portion of the county.
May 2009	Flash Flood	Valliant	-	Numerous roads across the southern portion of the county continue to be underwater and closed.
July 2007	Flash Flood	Valliant	-	Pine Creek road was closed. Several other roads in and around town had to be closed. Standing water up to two feet deep in many areas of town.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	-	A tree and some power lines were downed along the JC James through way.
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	-	Numerous trees and power lines downed across extreme southwest Mccurtain county.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	-	Street signs were blown down.
March 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	-	Trees fell over County Rd 98.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	-	Trees and power lines downed.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	-	Several large trees down.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	-	Several large trees blown over.
November 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	-	Several large trees down.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	-	Trees down at Pine Creek Lake.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	-	Several trees were uprooted and some trees were snapped half way to the top.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	-	Severe thunderstorms moved across eastern Oklahoma during the evening of July 25th and very early morning of July 26th. One injury occurred in Drumright when strong winds blew a woman off the roof of her home. Numerous trees were also blown down in Drumright. Thunderstorm Winds gusting to 80 mph downed telephone poles seven miles north of Nowata, and a power pole was snapped and lines were downed by strong winds four miles east of Bartlesville. Strong thunderstorm winds partially downed a power pole in Henryetta, and large tree limbs were also blown down in Henryetta. Trees and power lines were blown down in Bristow and in Valliant, and trees and signs were blown down by 75 mph winds in Welch. Power lines were blown down two miles south of Adair and in Braggs, and 70 mph winds blew lines down in Commerce. 60 mph winds blew down power lines in Jay and in Wilburton. Strong thunderstorm winds downed large trees 12 miles west of Hominy, and a tree and several large tree limbs were blown down in White Oak. Trees were blown down in Kansas, near Moodys, in Beggs, in Shamrock, and in Bristow, and several trees were blown across power lines in Wright City. 80 mph winds blew down trees in Tahlequah, and trees were blown down by 60 mph winds in Stilwell. Large tree limbs were blown down in Ralston, in Proctor, five miles northwest of Adair, in Vinita, in Webbers Falls, and five miles west of Stigler. 60 mph winds also blew down large tree limbs two miles east of Gore. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 80 mph eight miles west of Pawhuska and 12 miles east of Hallett and to 70 miles an hour seven miles north of Eufaula. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 to 70 mph at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Tulsa and to 65 mph 10 miles northeast of Nowata. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 mph at numerous other locations in eastern Oklahoma. Quarter-size hail fell 12 miles east of Hallett and at Drumright, and dime to nickel-size hail fell at numerous other locations in eastern Oklahoma.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	-	Several trees and power lines were downed causing numerous power outages in Valliant.
April 1994	Hail	Valliant	-	Thunderstorms developed in southwest Oklahoma during the morning hours on the 25th and spread east and northeast during the day. The storms produced one tornado, hail up to golf ball-size and damaging winds. A tornado developed 0.5 miles west of Albion at 1758 CST and moved northeast approximately 1.2 miles before moving into extreme southeast Latimer County at 1803 CST. The tornado destroyed a barn, several outbuildings, blew a porch down, damaged a satellite dish, and damaged the roof of a house. Strong thunderstorm winds blew out the windshield of a school bus which was travelling west on Interstate 40 three miles east of Canute. The driver of the bus was injured by the flying glass. Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed a large barn five miles north of Perry, destroyed a recently completed barn and snapped off a power pole six miles north northeast of Perry and downed several trees near Broken Bow. Quarter size hail covered the ground in Cordell.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	-	Strong thunderstorm winds during the afternoon hours on the 3rd downed trees 2 miles south of Tom and destroyed a garage and downed trees in Valliant.
January 2006	Hail	Valliant	-	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Valliant	-	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Valliant	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Valliant	-	no account filed
March 2004	Hail	Valliant	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Valliant	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Valliant	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Valliant	-	no account filed
March 2000	Hail	Valliant	-	no account filed
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	-	no account filed
February 1997	Heavy Rain	Valliant	-	no account filed
May 1997	Hail	Valliant	-	no account filed
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	-	no account filed
April 1996	Hail	Valliant	-	no account filed
November 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Valliant	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in McCurtain 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

3 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Wheelock Church	5.7 miles	1972
Waterhole Cemetery	5.7 miles	1979
Pushmataha Hall	5.8 miles	1966

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 88001410 in Record Group 79.
McCurtain County	All 13 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.
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.