National Register Record for PIONEER TELEPHONE COMPANY WAREHOUSE AND GARAGE

Historic Name: PIONEER TELEPHONE COMPANY WAREHOUSE AND GARAGE
Current Name: SAME
Address: 1-13 NORTHEAST SIXTH STREET
City: OKLAHOMA CITY            County: OKLAHOMA
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE COMPLEX OF BUILDINGS AT 1-13 NORTHEAST SIXTH STREET IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA COUNTY PROVIDED THE TELEPHONE COMPANY EASY RAILROAD ACCESS AS WELL AS CRITICAL MANUFACTURING AND STORAGE SPACE IN THE FIRST DECADES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE PIONEER TELEPHONE COMPANY WAREHOUSE AND GARAGE IS ELIGIBLE FOR LISTING IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNDER CRITERIA A FOR ASSOCIATION WITH DEVELOPMENTS IN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN 1909 AND 1917 AT THE LOCAL LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE. CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDINGS IN THIS DISTRICT CORRESPONDS TO EXPANSION OF TELEPHONE TECHNOLOGY IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, AS WELL AS THE CONSOLIDATION OF TELEPHONE EXCHANGES INTO CENTRALIZED COMPANIES. LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER 06/07/2018.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/EXTRACTION: COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY, INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/EXTRACTION: INDUSTRIAL STORAGE, INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/EXTRACTION: MANUFACTURING FACILITY, COMMERCE/TRADE: SPECIALTY STORE, COMMERCE/TRADE: WAREHOUSE, COMMERCE/TRADE: BUSINESS
Current Function: VACANT/NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: COMMUNICATIONS
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: COMMERCIAL STYLE
Architect: REINHART AND DONOVAN (ARCHITECT), L.F. LEE CONSTRUCTION (GENERAL CONTRACTOR)
Year Built: 1909-1917            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: None
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: AUGUST 2017