Mangum Armory

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

From the record

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Greer County · listed in 1994 · 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.
Address. 115 E. Lincoln St., Mangum, 73554
When was it listed? April 1994
Category. building
Census division. Mangum
National Register reference number. 94000278 - 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mangum Armory: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Mangum Mine and Mill (unverified)	Clay	Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Greer County

Storms near this property

60 of 168 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mangum, the town this property stands in, in 168 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 108 hail, 46 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 tornado. 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
August 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	$500,000	no account filed
April 2025	Hail	Mangum	$150,000	Numerous social media and broadcast media images of at least 3-inch diameter hail in Mangum. Widespread damage to buildings and cars was reported. Event time is estimated from radar observations and nearby reports.
August 1997	Lightning	Mangum	$100,000	Lightning struck and set fire to a house, destroying the home and its contents.
October 2018	Flash Flood	Mangum	$75,000	Flood waters have resulted in closure of several streets and flooding into homes.
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	$50,000	no account filed
August 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	$50,000	no account filed
September 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	$30,000	A roof of a restaurant was damaged. Trees were downed. Windows were broken, and carports were blown off of two homes.
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	$25,000	Winds destroyed a trailer on the southwest side of town.
March 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	$25,000	Four barns and a trailer were blown over.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	$12,000	Large tree limbs were downed. Large portions of two fences were also downed. One home received extensive shingle damage to its roof. A steel flag pole was also snapped. The wind damage began in northern parts of town and continued south.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	$10,000	Several tree limbs and power poles were downed across the town. Sheet metal was also peeled from several carports.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	$7,500	A patio cover was blown apart. Several small trees were also downed.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	$5,000	A large metal barn was destroyed.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	$5,000	no account filed
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	$3,000	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Mangum	$2,500	Hail damaged a screen door and broke windows in a few businesses.
April 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	$2,000	Power lines were downed.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	$500	Some tree limbs were downed.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	$500	Highway signs were blown down.
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	$100	no account filed
March 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	$10	Large tree limbs were downed on the southeast side of Mangum.
April 2026	Hail	Mangum	-	The report was relayed through mPING.
March 2025	Hail	Mangum	-	MPing report.
April 2025	Hail	Mangum	-	The report was relayed through mPING.
June 2025	Hail	Mangum	-	The report was relayed through mPING.
March 2024	Hail	Mangum	-	MPing report.
June 2023	Hail	Mangum	-	MPing report.
June 2021	Flood	Mangum	-	Creek overflowing.
June 2021	Flash Flood	Mangum	-	Highway 9 just west of Mangum completely flooded.
June 2021	Flash Flood	Mangum	-	Flooded streets and neighborhoods seen on Twitter video.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	-	Large trees downed.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	-	Also pea sized hail reported.
May 2012	Hail	Mangum	-	Numerous hailstones covered the ground.
June 2011	Hail	Mangum	-	A wind gust of 60 mph was also estimated at this location.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	-	Quarter-size hail also fell at this location.
June 2011	Hail	Mangum	-	Up to quarter-size hail lasted about 12 minutes.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	-	Damage was reported at the softball field, including a fence blown down, the dugout shelter flipped over, and power poles damaged. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
April 2007	Hail	Mangum	-	Hail covered the ground.
April 2006	Tornado (F0)	Mangum	-	A brief tornado was seen by several storm chasers and a television crew. This tornado touched down north of Mangum, near Highway 283. No damage was reported.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	-	Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2005	Hail	Mangum	-	Hail was observed on Highway 34 on the south side of town.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	-	The wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	-	Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
September 2005	Hail	Mangum	-	Hail was observed on Highway 34.
September 2005	Hail	Mangum	-	Hail was reported on the south side of town.
September 2005	Hail	Mangum	-	Hail was reported on the east side of town.
May 2004	Hail	Mangum	-	Hail was reported on the west side of town.
April 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	-	Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	-	Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	-	Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	-	Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2001	Hail	Mangum	-	Hail was reported on the north side of Mangum.
May 2000	Hail	Mangum	-	Hail was reported at the intersection of Highway 9 and Highway 283.
May 2000	Funnel Cloud	Mangum	-	A funnel cloud extending about 1/4 of the way to the ground dissipated in 1 minute.
June 1998	Hail	Mangum	-	Golfball sized hail was reported by spotter on the Greer and Jackson County line.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Mangum	-	measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site
August 1997	Flash Flood	Mangum	-	The intersection of US Hwy 283 and State Hwy 9 was flooded and closed.
May 2025	Hail	Mangum	-	no account filed
February 2023	Hail	Mangum	-	no account filed
March 2021	Hail	Mangum	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greer 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Greer County Courthouse	0.1 miles	1985
Downtown Mangum Historic District	0.1 miles	2009
Mangum Community Building	0.2 miles	1995
Hotel Franklin	0.2 miles	2007

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 94000278 in Record Group 79.
Greer County	All 6 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.