Chandler Armory

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

From the record

“The Chandler Armory building in Chandler, Oklahoma is an Art Deco military building which now houses the Route 66 Interpretive Center, a museum devoted to understanding the construction and history of U.S. The structure is apparently notable for having the only brick outhouse in Oklahoma, complete with original French fixture.”
Wikipedia article Chandler Armory, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 48 National Register listings published here for Lincoln County · listed in 1991 · 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.
Address. Jct. of Mickey Clarkson Ave. and First St., Chandler, 74834
When was it listed? March 1991
Category. building
Census division. Chandler
National Register reference number. 91000276 - 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

1 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Chandler Armory in 2016, burning about 311 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
8 February 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	311 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	CHUCKAHO

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Chandler Armory: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Dolomite, Clay. 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 Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Dolomite Pit	Dolomite	Producer
Unknown Dolomite Pit	Dolomite	Past Producer
Unknown Dolomite Pit	Dolomite	Past Producer
Unknown Dolomite Pit	Dolomite	Past Producer
Unknown Dolomite Pit	Dolomite	Past Producer
Unknown Dolomite Pit	Dolomite	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this property

60 of 68 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chandler, the town this property stands in, in 68 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 37 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 4 lightning. 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 2010	Flash Flood	Chandler	$600,000	Several inches of rain accumulated over just a few hours. At least 15 bridges were impacted by the flood waters, and some of them collapsed or were washed out. Numerous roadways had to be closed due to high water flowing over top of them. Monetary damages were estimated.
November 2004	Tornado (F1)	Chandler	$200,000	Several spotters and media storm chasers observed this tornado near Chandler. Tree damage was reported on Highway 18. A house under construction also sustained some roof damage.
June 2004	Tornado (F1)	Chandler	$150,000	A tornado touched down near Highway 66 west of Chandler, moved northeast, and lifted near Chandler Lake. This tornado damaged trees and power lines. Several roofs of homes were damaged along with several barns damaged or destroyed. A mobile home was destroyed near Chandler Lake before the tornado lifted. Several horses were injured and a cow and a horse were killed by debris in the tornado.
June 1999	Flash Flood	Chandler	$75,000	no account filed
June 1997	Lightning	Chandler	$35,000	Lightning struck and set fire to a garage and a motor home, destroying both. Damage was estimated at $35,000.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Chandler	$20,000	Damage to the roof and exterior wall of a residence. Time is radar estimated.
October 1997	Lightning	Chandler	$20,000	Lightning struck and set fire to a rural Chandler home. Damage was estimated at $20,000.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Chandler	$10,000	no account filed
June 1999	Lightning	Chandler	$5,000	no account filed
September 1998	Lightning	Chandler	$3,000	no account filed
October 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Chandler	$1,000	Severe thunderstorm winds downed numerous large tree limbs in the Chandler area. One large limb fell onto and damaged a pick-up truck.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Chandler	$750	Minor tree damage was reported by the county emergency manager.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Chandler	$500	Trees were downed on Highway 66.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Chandler	$500	Several trees were downed.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Chandler	$500	A large tree was blown over at Chandler Methodist Church Parsonage with tree branches falling on a car, breaking the windshield.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Chandler	$500	Thunderstorms in central Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 12th resulted in hail up to quarter-size, damaging winds and damaging lightning. Thunderstorm winds ripped an awning from a downtown store and damaged a firework stand in Chandler. A lightning strike damaged light fixtures at a home 2 miles northwest of Warwick.
March 2026	Hail	Chandler	-	Multiple confirmations, including mPING reports and shared social media images, of ping pong ball-size hail in Chandler. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated based on radar observations.
May 2025	Hail	Chandler	-	Hailfall occurred along Oklahoma Highway 18, approximately three miles south of the community of Chandler.
May 2025	Hail	Chandler	-	The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2025	Hail	Chandler	-	The report was relayed through mPING.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Chandler	-	A social media image shows a tree blown down. The event time is estimated from radar observations.
June 2021	Flash Flood	Chandler	-	Several reports of flash flooding across the county with road closures on Highway 18 north/south out of Chandler and at Highway 66/177.
October 2019	Hail	Chandler	-	Estimated from picture on Twitter. Time estimated from radar.
April 2012	Hail	Chandler	-	The hail was reported at Chandler Lake.
October 2000	Flash Flood	Chandler	-	Traffic on Highway 18, near Deep Fork River, was reduced to one lane due to high water.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Chandler	-	Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
July 1997	Flash Flood	Chandler	-	The southbound lane of Highway 18 was blocked due to high water.
February 1995	Hail	Chandler	-	Thunderstorms formed in central and north-central Oklahoma the afternoon of the 26th, then strengthened and moved eastward through early evening. Severe thunderstorms produced hail as large as golf balls at Cashion in Kingfisher County.
April 2025	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Chandler	-	no account filed
May 2021	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
March 2020	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Chandler	-	no account filed
March 2016	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
May 2013	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Chandler	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
April 2008	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
April 2008	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Chandler	-	no account filed
April 2004	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
March 2002	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
February 2001	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
March 2000	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
October 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Chandler	-	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Chandler	-	no account filed
September 1998	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed
March 1997	Hail	Chandler	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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

6 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
Johnson House	0.4 miles	1984
Phillips 66 Station No. 1423	0.4 miles	2011
Chandler High School	0.4 miles	1996
Chandler Bookstore	0.4 miles	1984
Mascho Building and Public Privy	0.5 miles	1984
Oleson-Crane Building	0.5 miles	1984

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 91000276 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lincoln County	All 48 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.