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| ID Number |
99001137 |
| Historic Name |
OWEN PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT |
| Description of Significance |
THE OWEN PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNDER CRITERION A AS AN EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY, MIDDLE CLASS SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD WHOSE DEVELOPMENT COINCIDED WITH TULSA'S TRANSFORMATION FROM A SMALL AGRICULTURAL AND RANCHING-BASED COMMUNITY TO THE "OIL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD". PORTIONS OF WHAT IS TODAY KNOWN AS THE OWEN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD WERE ORIGINALLY PLATTED IN 1910, THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE. ITS INITIAL DEVELOPMENT IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERAL TRENDS IN EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, IN THIS CASE, TULSA'S STREETCAR SYSTEM, AND LEISURE ATTRACTIONS. THE OWEN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD WAS AN ATTRACTIVE LOCATION BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO OWEN PARK, TULSA'S FIRST CITY PARK. IN ADDITION, BOTH THE PARK AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE SERVED BY TULSA'S STREETCAR SYSTEM. THE OWEN PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT IS ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER UNDER CRITERION C AS AN EXCELLENT COLLECTION OF EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY, MIDDLE CLASS RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE. PRIMARILY DEVELOPED BETWEEN 1910 AND 1930, OWEN PARK'S ARCHITECTURE IS DOMINATED BY MODEST BUNGALOW/CRAFTSMAN RESIDENCES CONSTRUCTED FOR TULSA'S GROWING MIDDLE CLASS. PERIOD REVIVAL HOUSES, INCLUDING TUDOR REVIVAL AND COLONIAL REVIVAL HOUSES, ALSO ARE FOUND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ILLUSTRATING THE POPULARITY OF THESE STYLES IN THE YEARS BETWEEN WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II. ALTHOUGH DEVELOPMENT WAS NEARLY COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE 1930S, ADDITIONAL HOUSES WERE BUILT THROUGH 1940, THE END OF THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE. LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER 09/09/1999. |
| Current Name |
SAME |
| Address |
ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY I-244, ZENITH AVENUE, EDISON AVENUE, AND FRISCO AVENUE |
| 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 |
DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING, DOMESTIC: MULTIPLE DWELLING, COMMERCE/TRADE: BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL, LANDSCAPE: PARK, RELIGION: CHURCH, EDUCATION: SCHOOL |
| Current Function |
DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING, DOMESTIC: MULTIPLE DWELLING, LANDSCAPE: PARK, RELIGION: CHURCH, EDUCATION: SCHOOL |
| Area Significance 1 |
ARCHITECTURE |
| Area Significance 2 |
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
| Date Prepared |
1999 |
| Year Built |
1910-1940 |
| Original Site |
YES |
| Architect/Builder |
SCHEUMAY, LELAND; WIXON, DOUGLAS ROBERT; WORKS PROGRESS ADMINSTRATION (WPA) |
| Architectural Style |
CRAFTSMAN/BUNGALOW, TUDOR REVIVAL, COLONIAL REVIVAL |
| Roof Material |
VARIOUS |
| Wall Material |
VARIOUS |
| Window Material |
VARIOUS |
| Door Material |
VARIOUS |
| Decorative Details |
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| Condition |
GOOD - EXCELLENT |
| Comments |
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| Restricted |
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