National Register Record for ALCORN-PICKREL HOUSE

Historic Name: ALCORN-PICKREL HOUSE
Current Name: SAME
Address: 200 NORTH 10TH STREET
City: PONCA CITY            County: KAY
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE ALCORN-PICKREL HOUSE IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE UNDER CRITERION C FOR ITS PRAIRIE SCHOOL ARCHITECTURAL STYLE. JOHN S. ALCORN HIRED ELMER BOILLOT TO DESIGN A MODERN HOME. INFLUENCED BY THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL STYLE THAT WAS POPULAR IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDWEST, BOILLOT DESIGNED A TWO-STORY HOME ON THE LOT. THE HOUSE EXHIBITS ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES COMMON TO THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL STYLE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE. IN THE LITTLE OVER 100 YEARS THAT THE BUILDING HAS EXISTED, VERY LITTLE CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED TO THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF THE HOME, THUS THE HOME RETAINS ITS ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY. THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE IS 1918 COVERING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOUSE, WHICH COINCIDED WITH THE COINCIDED WITH THE OIL BOOM OF PONCA CITY AND OKLAHOMA. LISTED 12/02/2020.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: DOMESTIC/SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: DOMESTIC/SINGLE DWELLING
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: PRAIRIE SCHOOL
Architect: ELMER BOILLOT
Year Built: 1918            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: None
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: MAY 2019