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| ID Number |
SG100004178 |
| Historic Name |
CAPITOL HILL COMMERCIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT |
| Description of Significance |
THE CAPITOL HILL COMMERCIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT IS ELIGIBLE FOR LISTING IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNDER CRITERION A FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS COMMERCE. CRITERIA CONSIDERATION A APPLIES FOR TWO RELIGIOUS PROPERTIES, CAPITOL HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND CAPITOL HILL BAPTIST CHURCH, WHICH DERIVE PRIMARY SIGNIFICANCE WITHIN THE DISTRICT FOR THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES CAPTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, PROVIDING A HISTORICAL AND VISUAL DISTINCTION OF THE CONCENTRATED EFFORTS OF COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE FOCUSED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE: 1910-1974. CRITERIA CONSIDERATION G APPLIES FOR THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE BASED ON THE DATE OF CONSTRUCTION OF CROSSROADS MALL. ALTHOUGH THE DECLINE OF THE COMMERCIAL CORE OF CAPITOL HILL BEGAN IN THE MID-1960S, IT WAS THIS SINGULAR EVENT, WHICH INCLUDED THE RELOCATION OF THE DISTRICT’S LARGEST RETAILERS, THAT MARKED THE END OF THE COMMERCIAL GROWTH OF THE CAPITOL HILL COMMERCIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT.
FROM ITS EARLIEST DAYS, CAPITOL HILL DEVELOPED DISTINCTLY FROM NEARBY OKLAHOMA CITY. AS HOPES OF SECURING THE STATE CAPITOL FADED, RESIDENTS OF CAPITOL HILL WORKED TO MAINTAIN A SENSE OF INDEPENDENCE. IN THE FIRST DECADES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, CAPITOL HILL CATERED TO THE COMMERCIAL NEEDS OF EVER-INCREASING NUMBERS OF RESIDENTS CHOOSING TO LIVE SOUTH OF THE CANADIAN RIVER. COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN CAPITOL HILL WAS CONCENTRATED ALONG AVENUE C, LATER RENAMED SOUTHWEST 25TH STREET, AND EVENTUALLY RENAMED AGAIN AS COMMERCE AVENUE. THE BUILDINGS IN THE CAPITOL HILL COMMERCIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT REFLECT THE IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL GROWTH OF THIS COMMUNITY. NATIONAL REGISTER LISTED 15 JULY 2019. |
| Current Name |
SAME |
| Address |
100-400 SOUTHWEST 25TH STREET (AKA WEST COMMERCE AVENUE |
| City |
OKLAHOMA CITY |
| County |
OKLAHOMA |
| 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; STRUCTURE; OBJECT |
| Historic Function |
COMMERCE: DEPARTMENT STORE, SPECIALTY STORE, RESTAURANT; COMMERCE: BUSINESS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION; SOCIAL: MEETING HALL; RELIGION: RELIGIOUS FACILITY; RECREATION AND CULTURE: THEATER; DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING; LANDSCAPE: STREET FURNITURE, OBJECT |
| Current Function |
COMMERCE: SPECIALTY STORE, RESTAURANT; COMMERCE: BUSINESS; RELIGION: RELIGIOUS FACILITY; EDUCATION: COLLEGE; LANDSCAPE: STREET FURNITURE, OBJECT; VACANT/NOT IN USE; WORK IN PROGRESS |
| Area Significance 1 |
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
| Area Significance 2 |
COMMERCE |
| Date Prepared |
AUGUST 2018 |
| Year Built |
1910-1974 |
| Original Site |
YES |
| Architect/Builder |
ARCHITECT: NOFSGER AND LAWRENCE; BUILDER: L.M. RAUCH |
| Architectural Style |
20TH CENTURY COMMERCIAL; PRAIRIE SCHOOL; CRAFTSMAN/BUNGALOW; LATE GOTHIC REVIVAL; CLASSICAL REVIVAL; MODERN MOVEMENT: MODERNE; MODERN MOVEMENT; OTHER: CONTEMPORARY; NO STYLE |
| Roof Material |
VARIOUS |
| Wall Material |
VARIOUS |
| Window Material |
VARIOUS |
| Door Material |
VARIOUS |
| Decorative Details |
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| Condition |
FAIR-EXCELLENT |
| Comments |
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| Restricted |
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