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Klamath County Armory and Auditorium (Klamath Falls, Oregon)

Creator Display
  • Howard Randolph Perrin (architect, 1891-1980)
  • Edward P. Brosterhouse (builder/contractor)
Date
  • 1935
  • 1969
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2011)
View
  • interior: Detail of door type present in the lobby.
View Date
  • 2011
Temporal
  • 1960-1969
  • 1930-1939
MODS Note
  • The Klamath County Armory and Auditorium was designed by local architect Howard Perrin and constructed in 1935 during the middle of the Great Depression to meet the growing county’s need to have a place to accommodate large gatherings and help build a sense of community. The building was designed in the Classical Moderne styling of Art Deco architecture with an emphasis on verticality in its tall windows and engaged columns. Decorative architectural elements on the exterior include cast-stone stylized eagles and helmeted soldier figures, while the interior boasts a stylized painted floral ceiling and an impressive laminated arched wood roof spanning the central hall space. The building is important for this architecture but also for its role in providing space to the Oregon National Guard’s 249th Coast Artillery and for recreation and entertainment in Klamath Falls and the greater county through the 1960s. The Klamath County Armory and Auditorium functioned for a number of years as a community center for local activities and large public gatherings, as well as a venue for boxing and wrestling matches, circuses, community dances, and also musical acts that ranged from Duke Ellington and B.B. King, to Tex Williams and Hank Thompson. The Armory and Auditorium was converted for use as the Klamath County Museum in 1969 and the building remains today as the museum’s biggest and most important artifact.
  • This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oreg
Street Address
  • 1451 Main Street
GPS Latitude
  • 42.228407
GPS Longitude
  • -121.77489
Rights Holder
  • Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Identifier
  • pna_23171
Source
Provenance
  • Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Submission Date
  • 04/27/2015
Modified
  • 08/12/2022
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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