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Storey Gymnasium is eligible under National Register Criterion A for its direct association with the growth of education in Cheyenne. It was constructed in 1950 and is a unique example of educational school architecture adapted to a specific purpose, that is, a separate physical education facility detached from Central High School, with which it was associated. It represents the efforts of twentieth century educational reformers to incorporate a program of physical education and athletics as an important part of the school curriculum. In addition to its use as a gymnasium, it housed a ROTC facility with classrooms, drill hall, rife range, and armory, as well as wood shops and music instructional facilities. The gymnasium was shared by East High School after it was constructed in 1959 and by the new Central High School after 1978. The adjacent Cheyenne High School was then closed and used for administrative offices. Storey Gymnasium continues to serve the larger Cheyenne community for sporting events, graduations, annual city-wide youth concerts, and other educational and public events.

It is also eligible under National Register Criterion C in the area of architecture as the work of a master architect, Frederick Hutchinson Porter, prominent Cheyenne architect who designed many of the city’s most important public and commercial buildings. Storey Gymnasium is a substantial brick masonry structure built with community pride and permanency in mind.