National Register Record for MCCLEAN HOME

Historic Name: MCCLEAN HOME
Current Name: MCCLEAN FAMILY RESIDENCE
Address: 141 NORTHEAST 26TH STREET
City: OKLAHOMA CITY            County: OKLAHOMA
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE MCCLEAN FAMILY RESIDENCE IS ELIGIBLE FOR LISTING IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNDER CRITERION C AT THE LOCAL LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR ARCHITECTURE. BUILT IN 1911, THE BUILDING IS AN OUTSTANDING LOCAL EXAMPLE OF PRAIRIE SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE IN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY THE RURAL OUTSKIRTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA CITY. MEMBERS OF THE MCCLEAN FAMILY, INCLUDING JOHN, HIS WIFE NELLIE, AND DAUGHTERS ILA AND FRANCES, OCCUPIED THE BUILDING FOR ALMOST EIGHTY YEARS. MOST NOTABLY, ILA AND FRANCES, ALONG WITH FRANCES’ HUSBAND OSSIE PERRY ESTES AND THEIR THREE SONS, RESIDED IN THE HOME FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS. THE HISTORIC USE OF THE BUILDING AS A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME IS UNIQUE IN AN AREA OF OKLAHOMA CITY OTHERWISE CHARACTERIZED BY COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSES, OFFICES, OIL WELLS, AND THE OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX. THUS, THE MCCLEAN FAMILY RESIDENCE RECALLS THE EARLY, RURAL HISTORY OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA CITY. LISTED 11/30/2020.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: VACANT/NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: PRAIRIE SCHOOL
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1911            Original Site: YES
Condition: POOR
Restricted: None
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: NOVEMBER 2019