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| ID Number |
76001558 |
| Historic Name |
PRESIDENT'S HOUSE (BOYD HOUSE) UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA |
| Description of Significance |
CONSTRUCTED AROUND 1903 BY DAVID ROSS BOYD, PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, THE HOUSE WAS PURCHASED BY THE STATE IN 1914 TO BECOME THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT. AT THIS TIME, THE ORIGINAL BOYD HOUSE WAS ENLARGED TO ITS PRESENT SIXE. THE HOUSE IS DOMINATED BY THE PORTICO, A FULL-HEIGHT PEDIMENTED PORCH SUPPORTED BY FLUTED IONIC COLUMNS. LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM CAMPUS, THE BOYD HOUSE SERVES TO OVERSEE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 7/6/76. |
| Current Name |
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| Address |
407 WEST BOYD |
| City |
NORMAN |
| County |
CLEVELAND |
| Lot |
13 & 14 |
| Block |
1, ELMWOOD ADDITION |
| Current Section |
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| Township |
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| Range |
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| Type |
BUILDING |
| Historic Function |
DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING |
| Current Function |
DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING |
| Area Significance 1 |
EDUCATION |
| Area Significance 2 |
ARCHITECTURE |
| Date Prepared |
3/1976 |
| Year Built |
C. 1903; C. 1915 |
| Original Site |
YES |
| Architect/Builder |
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| Architectural Style |
CLASSICAL REVIVAL |
| Roof Material |
ASPHALT |
| Wall Material |
WOOD |
| Window Material |
WOOD |
| Door Material |
WOOD |
| Decorative Details |
OVERSIZED IONIC COLUMNS ON PORTICO; PALLADIAN WINDOWS IN SIDE GABLES |
| Condition |
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| Comments |
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| Restricted |
N |
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