This building is referred to as the City Auditorium or Civic Center and was built
at the time Shawnee was competing to become the capital of the
new state of Oklahoma.

This is an arial view of Woodland Park which includes the
"new" Municipal Auditorium

Shawnee's Municipal Auditorium
March 2007
The auditorium was built as a Works Progress Adminstration (WPA) project in 1937. 
Approximately 20,000 people attended its inaugural celebration,
which included a parade, games in the park, a banquet and beauty contest.
The Shawnee Senior Citizens Center was later added on the east side
of the building.  The auditorium was remodeled in 1991.
(Information taken from "The SHAWNEE NEWS-STAR, August 9, 2002)