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ID Number 82005385
Historic Name ANADARKO DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT
Description of Significance ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY THE ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD, EAST 2ND ST. AND WEST 3RD ST., THE ANADARKO DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT CONSISTS OF 62 CONTRIBUTING RESOURCES THAT REFLECT THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN. MANY OF THE BUILDINGS REFLECT THE TERRITORIAL ERA WHEN ANADARKO WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TOWN IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 12/10/90.
Current Name
Address ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY W. 3RD, E. 2ND, BROADWAY, & RR TRACKS.
City ANADARKO
County CADDO
Lot
Block 26, 36, 37 & PARTS OF 27, 35, 48, 49
Current Section 15
Township 7N
Range 10W
Type DISTRICT
Historic Function COMMERCE
Current Function COMMERCE
Area Significance 1 COMMERCE
Area Significance 2 ARCHITECTURE
Date Prepared 7/26/1990
Year Built 1900-1939
Original Site YES
Architect/Builder LOUIS A. SIMON, ARCHITECT
Architectural Style COMMERCIAL STYLE; LATE VICTORIAN COMMERCIAL STYLE; ART MODERNE; ROMANESQUE REVIVAL; COMMERCIAL ITALIANATE.
Roof Material
Wall Material STUCCO; BRICK; STONE; METAL
Window Material WOOD; METAL
Door Material WOOD; METAL
Decorative Details
Condition GOOD
Comments 20. DOCUMENTATION SOURCES CONTINUED: ANADARKO DAILY NEWS, 8/5/1951 AND 8/1/1976; ANADARKO DEMOCRAT, 1/1/1903 - 6/19/1903, 6/2/1904 - 1/26/1905, 11/2/1905 - 8/9/1906, 1/21/1907 - 12/27/1917; ANADARKO TRIBUNE, 8/9/1901 - 12/26/1940; BRUCE, EDWARD AND WATON, FORBES, "ART IN FEDERAL BUILDINGS: AN ILLUSTRATED RECORD OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT'S NEW PROGRAM IN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, VOLUME 1:MURAL DESIGNS 1934-1936, 1936, WASHINGTON D.C.; CALCAGNO, NICHOLAS A., "NEW DEAL MURALS IN OKLAHOMA", 1976, MIAMI OKLA.; HIGHWATER, JAMAKE, "SONG FROM THE EARTH: AMERICAN INDIAN PAINTING", BOSTON, 1976; MITCHELL, SARA BROWN, "THE EARLY DAYS OF ANADARKO", THE CHRONICLES OF OKLA., VOL. 28, 1950, PP. 390-398; THE TEXAS COMPANY, "ANADARKO, OKLAHOMA: AN IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL CENTER", 1931; "BEATIFUL ANADARKO, OKLAHOMA: THE PEARL OF THE WASHITA", OKLAHOMA CITY, 1910?; COLE, MILDRED , MILDRED REECE , FLOSSIE TAYLOR , EMMA WHITENER, "A HISTORY OF CADDO COUNTY", LAWTON, 1956, REPRINTED IN 1980; DICKERSON, PHILLIP J., "HISTORY OF ANADARKO, O.T.", DECEMBER 25, 1901; METHVIN, REV. J.J., "IN THE LIMELIGHT: HISTORY OF ANADARKO (CADDO COUNTY) AND VICINITY FROM THE EARLIEST DAYS.", 1926; SNODGRASS, JEANNE O., "AMERICAN INDIAN PAINTERS: A BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY", NEW YORK: MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, 1968; WADE, EDWIN L., "THE ARTS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN: TRADITION IN EVOLUTION.", NEW YORK, 1986; WRIGHT, MURIEL H., "A GUIDE TO THE INDIAN TRIBES OF OKLAHOMA", NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, 1951.
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