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NR Nomination

LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address:1451 Main St historic name:Klamath County Armory & Auditorium
Klamath Falls, Klamath County current/other names:Klamath County Museum
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr: twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:38S 9E 33
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:Building height (stories):2.0 total elig resources: total inelig resources:
elig evaluation: eligible/significant NR Status: Individually Listed
prim constr date:1935 second date: date indiv listed:05/18/2011
primary orig use: Auditorium orig use comments:
second orig use: Other
primary style: Art Deco prim style comments:Classical Moderne
secondary style: sec style comments:
primary siding: Brick:Other/Undefined siding comments:
secondary siding: Concrete: Other/Undefined
plan type: architect:Perrin, Howard R.
builder:Brosterhous, Edward P.
comments/notes:
Constructed as an armory and served as a venue for concerts and musical events through the 1960s
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Survey/Grouping Included In: Type of Grouping Date Listed Date Compiled
   PWA Buildings and Structures (Public Works Administration) Thematic Grouping
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed: 05/18/2011
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date:
106 Project(s)
SHPO Case Date Agency Effect Eval
14-0047 01/27/2014 no adverse effect
13-1002 07/01/2013 no effect
09/11/2001 no effect
Special Assess Project(s): None
Federal Tax Project(s): None
ARCHITECTURAL / PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
(Includes expanded description of the building/property, setting, significant landscape features, outbuildings and alterations)
Refer to scanned documents links.
HISTORY
(Chronological, descriptive history of the property from its construction through at least the historic period - preferably to the present)
Refer to scanned documents links.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
Title Records Census Records Property Tax Records Local Histories
Sanborn Maps Biographical Sources SHPO Files Interviews
Obituaries Newspapers State Archives Historic Photographs
City Directories Building Permits State Library
Local Library: University Library:
Historical Society: Other Respository:
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