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| ID Number |
10000618 |
| Historic Name |
BRADY HISTORIC DISTRICT |
| Description of Significance |
THE BRADY HISTORIC DISTRICT IS LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT AS THE NUCLEUS OF THE OLDEST EXTANT COMMERCIAL AREA OF TULSA, TULSA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. IT IS ELIGIBLE FOR LISTING UNDER CRITERION A FOR THE AREAS OF COMMERCE AND COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. THE BRADY HISTORIC DISTRICT GREW IN RESPONSE TO ITS PROXIMITY TO AND LOCAL DEPENDENCE ON THE RAILROADS THAT SERVED TULSA BEGINNING IN THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY. ITS STRATEGIC LOCATION, ADJACENT TO MULTIPLE RAILROAD CORRIDORS, WAS CRITICAL TO TULSA’S GROWTH AND ENABLED THE AREA TO THRIVE FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS. SEVERAL BLOCKS OF MAIN STREET COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS FORM THE CORE OF THE BRADY HISTORIC DISTRICT. LARGER UTILITARIAN WAREHOUSES, WHOLESALE SUPPLY HOUSES, MANUFACTURING BUILDINGS, COMPANY OFFICES, AND STORAGE AND TRUCKING COMPANIES SURROUND THE COMMERCIAL NUCLEUS. THEY REPRESENT THE DISTRIBUTION OF RAW AND MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS THAT BEGAN IN THE EARLY 1900S AND GREW STEADILY THROUGH TULSA’S OIL BOOM PERIOD. WHOLESALE ACTIVITY IN THE BRADY HISTORIC DISTRICT FLOURISHED THROUGH WORLD WAR II, AFTER WHICH THE SLOW TRANSITION FROM RAILROAD TO TRUCKING BROUGHT A COMMERCIAL DECLINE TO THE AREA. THE VARIETY OF BUILDINGS REFLECTS THE MIXED-USE NATURE OF THE BUSINESSES THEY HOUSED. THEIR SIMPLE UTILITARIAN FORM AND STYLING CONTRASTS WITH THE HIGH-STYLE ARCHITECTURE OF THE SKYSCRAPERS ERECTED IN TULSA’S MODERN COMMERCIAL CENTER SOUTH OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS DURING THE 1920S. THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE BRADY HISTORIC DISTRICT BEGINS IN C. 1906 WITH CONSTRUCTION OF THE OLDEST EXTANT BUILDING AND ENDS IN 1964, WHEN REMOVAL OF THE KATY RAILROAD TRACKS SIGNIFIED THE END OF THE RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION ERA. |
| Current Name |
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| Address |
ROUGHLY ALONG E/W CAMERON AND E/W ARCHER, FROM N BOULDER TO N DETROIT |
| City |
TULSA |
| County |
TULSA |
| Lot |
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| Block |
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| Current Section |
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| Township |
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| Range |
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| Type |
DISTRICT |
| Historic Function |
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| Current Function |
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| Area Significance 1 |
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
| Area Significance 2 |
COMMERCE |
| Date Prepared |
2010 |
| Year Built |
1906-1964 |
| Original Site |
YES |
| Architect/Builder |
UNKNOWN |
| Architectural Style |
MULTIPLE |
| Roof Material |
TAR AND GRAVEL |
| Wall Material |
BRICK |
| Window Material |
WOOD |
| Door Material |
WOOD |
| Decorative Details |
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| Condition |
GOOD |
| Comments |
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| Restricted |
N |
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