Oklahoma's National Register of Historic Places

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ID Number 83002080
Historic Name ARDMORE HISTORIC COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
Description of Significance CENTERED ON THE MAIN COMMERCIAL STREET OF ARDMORE, THE DISTRICT ENCOMPASSES SIX BLOCKS OF BUILDINGS THAT REPRESENT THE GREATEST PERIOD OF GROWTH IN THE TOWN. THE WIDE VARIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL STYLES REPRESENTED IN THE DISTRICT IS INDICITIVE OF THE SUCCESS OF COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE DURING THE ECLECTIC ERA OF THE 1900-1920 PERIOD. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 3/14/83.
Current Name
Address MAIN STREET, BOUNDED BY C STREET WEST & THE SANTA FE TRACKS.
City ARDMORE
County CARTER
Lot
Block
Current Section 30
Township 4S
Range 2E
Type DISTRICT
Historic Function COMMERCE
Current Function COMMERCE
Area Signficance 1 ARCHITECTURE
Area Significance 2 COMMERCE
Date Prepared 1982
Year Built 1895-1924
Original Site YES
Architect/Builder C.E. TROUTMAN, ARCHITECT;
Architectural Style COMMERCIAL STYLE; CLASSICAL REVIVAL; ROMANESQUE REVIVAL; MISSION/SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL.
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Comments DOCUMENTATION SOURCES CONTINUED: FRAME, PAUL NELSON, "A HISTORY OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA FROM THE EARLIEST BEGINNINGS TO 1907", M.A. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, 1949; MCGALLIARD COLLECTION, ARDMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY; "PAGES OF HISTORY: HISTORICAL PAGES FROM THE ARDMORE SHRINE CLUB RODEO PROGRAM BOOKS, 1965 - 1969", ARDMORE, CHICKASAW HISTORICAL SOCIETY; LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, ARDMORE OKLAHOMA, "ARDMORE CITY SURVEY", JANUARY 1960; SANBORN FIRE INSURANCE MAPS: ARMORE, OKLAHOMA - 1907, 1913, 1918, 1924 ARDMORE, INDIAN TERRITORY - 1894, 1896, 1898, 1902, 1903; THETFORD, FRANCIS, "THIS IS OKLAHOMA: CARTER COUNTY", THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN, FEBRUARY 1, 1959, PP. 4-8
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