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| ID Number |
10001013 |
| Historic Name |
OIL CAPITAL HISTORIC DISTRICT |
| Description of Significance |
THE OIL CAPITAL HISTORIC DISTRICT IS LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT AS THE HISTORIC HEART OF TULSA’S BUSINESS COMMUNITY. IT IS ELIGIBLE FOR LISTING UNDER CRITERIA A FOR THE AREA OF COMMERCE. DEVELOPMENT OF THE OIL CAPITAL HISTORIC DISTRICT BEGAN FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF OIL NEAR TULSA JUST AFTER 1900 AND CONTINUED VIRTUALLY UNABATED INTO THE LATE 1960S. FOLLOWING THIS PERIOD, MANY OIL COMPANIES MOVED THEIR HEADQUARTERS TO HOUSTON, TEXAS, MARKING A DISTINCT SHIFT IN THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE OFDOWNTOWN TULSA. THE NOMINATED RESOURCES DOCUMENT THE COMMERCIAL PROSPERITY OF TULSA OVER THIS SEVEN-DECADE PERIOD AND SHOWCASE THE EVOLUTION OF NATIONALLY-POPULAR ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN DESIGN TRENDS. THEY EXPRESS ARCHITECTURAL STYLES, RANGING FROM THE CLASSICAL TO THE MODERN. VERY SHORTLY AFTER THE START OF THE OIL BOOM, WEALTHY BUSINESSMEN BEGAN BUILDING SKYSCRAPERS TO HOUSE THE MANY OIL-RELATED BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONALS IN NEED OF OFFICE SPACE – AND SIMPLYBECAUSE THEY COULD. THE HIGH-STYLE BUILDINGS OF THE OIL CAPITAL HISTORIC DISTRICT FORM TULSA’S DISTINCTIVE DOWNTOWN SKYLINE AND SET THIS AREA OF THE CITY APART FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY. |
| Current Name |
SAME |
| Address |
ROUGHLY BETWEEN 3RD AND 7TH STREETS AND CINCINNATI AND CHEYENNE |
| 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; GOVERNMENT; DOMESTIC; SOCIAL; RELIGION; LANDSCAPE |
| Current Function |
COMMERCE/TRADE; GOVERNMENT; DOMESTIC; SOCIAL; RELIGION; LANDSCAPE |
| Area Significance 1 |
COMMERCE |
| Area Significance 2 |
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| Date Prepared |
2010 |
| Year Built |
1913-1967 |
| Original Site |
YES |
| Architect/Builder |
SEE LIST IN NOMINATION |
| Architectural Style |
MODERNE; ART DECO; ITALIANATE; MISSION/SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL |
| Roof Material |
ASPHALT |
| Wall Material |
BRICK; CONCRETE |
| Window Material |
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| Door Material |
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| Decorative Details |
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| Condition |
EXCELLENT |
| Comments |
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| Restricted |
N |
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