Enid Armory

[2] The Oklahoma National Guard trained soldiers for combat in World War II and Korea.

[3][4] The Enid Armory location was approved by city commissioners as a new site for Garfield Elementary School, and was demolished by the Enid Public School system, following the opening of the Armed Forces Reserve Center at Vance, and the removal of lead and asbestos from the site by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality.

The 189th Field Artillery Regiment of the Oklahoma National Guard was stationed at Phillips from 1921 to 1936.

[8] On July 7, 1933,[9] Clyde and Buck Barrow [10] broke into the armory, stealing a cache of weapons and ammunition and a pair of binoculars.

[9] Their take was so large it filled their car, causing seating difficulty,[10] and overflowed from the bathtub they'd used as storage.

A historical marker in front of the armory notes that it was built on August 17, 1936 by the Works Progress Administration placed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 8, 1988.