National Register Record for HERITAGE HILLS EAST HISTORIC DISTRICT

Historic Name: HERITAGE HILLS EAST HISTORIC DISTRICT
Current Name: SAME
Address: BOUNDED BY NORTHWEST 14TH STREET, NORTH BROADWAY AVENUE, NORTHWEST 22ND STREET, AND NORTH ROBINSON AVENUE
City: OKLAHOMA CITY            County: OKLAHOMA
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: HERITAGE HILLS EAST HISTORIC DISTRICT, LOCATED IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE UNDER CRITERION A FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF OKLAHOMA CITY, AND UNDER CRITERION C AS ITS EXAMPLES OF ARCHITECTURAL STYLES, POPULAR WITHIN A BRIEF AND SIGNIFICANT SPAN OF OKLAHOMA CITY’S HISTORY AND BUILT AS PART OF A COHESIVE AND INTENTIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT, CREATE A READILY IDENTIFIABLE, SIGNIFICANT AND DISTINGUISHABLE ENTITY WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF OKLAHOMA CITY AT LARGE. THE DEVELOPMENT OF HERITAGE HILLS EAST IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RAPID WAVES OF OKLAHOMA CITY’S EARLY GROWTH, AS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS MOVED OUTWARD FROM THE ORIGINAL TOWNSITE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MUCH OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS INTENTIONAL AND WELL-PLANNED, AS DEVELOPERS LIKE ANTON CLASSEN AND G.A. NICHOLS ASSEMBLED LARGE PROPERTIES AND SHAPED OKLAHOMA CITY’S EARLIEST NEIGHBORHOODS. THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF HERITAGE HILLS EAST WAS QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY INCREASING DENSITY AND THEN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, MUCH OF WHICH REPLACED PREVIOUS SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF N. BROADWAY AVENUE, MOST OF THE EXTANT PROPERTIES WERE CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1910 AND 1932. OF THE 128 PROPERTIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT, 87 OF THOSE WERE CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN AN EVEN SHORTER SPAN FROM 1917 TO 1922. LISTED 9/17/2020.

Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: BUSINESS; COMMERCE/TRADE; DOMESTIC; MEDICAL BUSINESS/OFFICE; MULTIPLE DWELLING; PROFESSIONAL; RELIGION; SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: BUSINESS; COMMERCE/TRADE; DOMESTIC; GOVERNMENT: FIRE STATION; MEDICAL BUSINESS/OFFICE; MULTIPLE DWELLING; PROFESSIONAL; RELIGION; SINGLE DWELLING
Area of Significance 1: COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: VARIOUS
Architect: VARIOUS
Year Built: 1910-1932            Original Site: YES
Condition: POOR - EXCELLENT
Restricted: None
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: MARCH 2019