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| ID Number |
10001011 |
| Historic Name |
NORTH CHEYENNE AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT |
| Description of Significance |
THE NORTH CHEYENNE AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT IN TULSA, TULSA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA IS LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT UNDER CRITERION A FOR THE AREA OF COMMERCE. LOCATED BETWEEN THE TRACKS OF THE FRISCO AND SAND SPRINGS RAILROADS, THE NORTH CHEYENNE HISTORIC DISTRICT DEVELOPED AS A COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND WAREHOUSE AREA DURING THE 1920S OIL BOOM AS BUSINESSES SOUGHT ACCESS TO TRACKSIDE LOCATIONS OFFERED BY THE TWO FLANKING RAILROAD LINES. THE VARIETY OF BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT REFLECTS THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESSES THEY HOUSED. THEIR SIMPLE UTILITARIAN FORMS AND STYLING CONTRAST WITH THE LARGER, HIGHSTYLE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED IN TULSA’S BUSINESS DISTRICT SOUTH OF THE FRISCO TRACKS DURING THE 1920S. THE TWO EXTANT RAILROAD OVERPASSES AND THE BRICK PAVING ON NORTH CHEYENNE AVENUE REINFORCE THESE TRAITS. THE DISTRICT THRIVED THROUGH THE END OF WORLD WAR II WHEN CONSTRUCTION OF THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM GAVE TRUCK TRANSPORTATION PRIMACY OVER RAILROADS. THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE NORTH CHEYENNE HISTORIC DISTRICT, C. 1908 – 1956, BEGINS WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OLDEST EXTANT BUILDING IN THE DISTRICT AND ENDS IN 1956 WITH CONSTRUCTION OF THE FRISCO OVERPASSES, THE LAST CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES TO THE DISTRICT. |
| Current Name |
SAME |
| Address |
ROUGHLY ALONG E./W. FRISCO TRACKS & ALLEY BETWEEN W. ARCHER AND W. BRADY |
| 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 |
COMMERCE/TRADE; INDUSTRY; TRANSPORTATION |
| Current Function |
COMMERCE/TRADE; INDUSTRY; TRANSPORTATION |
| Area Significance 1 |
COMMERCE |
| Area Significance 2 |
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| Date Prepared |
2010 |
| Year Built |
1908-1956 |
| Original Site |
YES |
| Architect/Builder |
UNKNOWN |
| Architectural Style |
LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY REVIVAL STYLES: SPANISH MISSION REVIVAL; LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY REVIVAL STYLES: COLONIAL REVIVAL; LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN MOVEMENTS: COMMERCIAL; MODERN MOVEMENT: MODERNE |
| Roof Material |
TAR AND GRAVEL |
| Wall Material |
STUCCO; BRICK |
| Window Material |
WOOD; METAL |
| Door Material |
WOOD; METAL |
| Decorative Details |
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| Condition |
GOOD |
| Comments |
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| Restricted |
N |
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