Twyman Park

West St., Poteau, Oklahoma. County/parish: Le Flore.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 08, 1988. NRIS 88001402.

Part of WPA Public Bldgs., Recreational Facilities and Cemetery Improvements in Southeastern Oklahoma, 1935-1943 TR (NRIS 64000690).

2 contributing buildings. 4 contributing structures.

From Wikipedia:

Twyman Park

Twyman Park, on West Street in Poteau in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, has structures built in a Works Progress Administration project in 1937. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

The listed area is 20 acres (8.1 ha) in size and has two contributing buildings and four contributing structures.

It includes:

  • Two 24 by 30 feet (7.3 m × 9.1 m) picnic pavilions,
  • Swimming pool (120 by 60 feet (37 m × 18 m) and bath house,
  • Caretaker's cottage,
  • Stone fence, and a
  • Stone-lined drainage ditch
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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86510180