National Register Record for ENID DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT (UPDATE AND BOUNDARY INCREASE)
ID: BC100004167Historic Name: ENID DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT (UPDATE AND BOUNDARY INCREASE)
Current Name: SAME
Address: ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY MAPLE AVENUE, 2ND STREET, CHEROKEE AVENUE, & ADAMS STREET
City: ENID County: GARFIELD
Section: None Township: None Range: None
Description of significance: THE ENID DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT (UPDATE AND BOUNDARY INCREASE) IS ELIGIBLE FOR LISTING IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNDER CRITERION A FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES IN ENID. IT IS ALSO ELIGIBLE UNDER CRITERION C FOR ITS ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE. THE DISTRICT POSSESSES THE MAJORITY OF HISTORIC COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE IN ENID. AS THE CORE OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, THIS AREA HAS BEEN THE CENTER OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN ENID FROM SHORTLY AFTER ITS FOUNDING IN 1893 TO THE PRESENT. MOST CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA WAS COMPLETED BY 1968, WITH ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY IN THE AREA BEING RENOVATION AND NOT NEW CONSTRUCTION AFTER THAT TIME. THE BUILDINGS IN THE ENID DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT REFLECT THE COMMERCIAL GROWTH OF THIS COMMUNITY; GROWTH SPURRED BY AGRICULTURAL PROSPERITY AND THE DISCOVERY OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS. NATIONAL REGISTER LISTED 15 JULY 2019.
Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: COMMERCE/TRADE; GOVERNMENT; RECREATION AND CULTURE; SOCIAL; INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/EXTRACTION
Current Function: COMMERCE/TRADE; GOVERNMENT; RECREATION AND CULTURE; SOCIAL, INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/EXTRACTION; HEALTH CARE
Area of Significance 1: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: 20TH CENTURY COMMERCIAL; MISSION/SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL; MODERN MOVEMENT; CLASSICAL REVIVAL; COLONIAL REVIVAL; ART DECO; ITALIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL
Architect: ELBERT WHEELER; SIMONS, LOUIS A.; SMITH-DAY; DURA A. SMITH; MCMILLAN AND SHELTON; BASS CONSTRUCTION
Year Built: 1900-1968 Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD-EXCELLENT
Restricted: None
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: APRIL 2018
