National Register Record for PRE-STATEHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF MUSKOGEE

Historic Name: PRE-STATEHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF MUSKOGEE
Current Name: SAME
Address: ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY MAIN, BROADWAY, OKMULGEE, AND SECOND STREETS
City: MUSKOGEE            County: MUSKOGEE
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE AREA CONTAINED WITHIN THIS DISTRICT CONSTITUTES THE OLDEST AREA OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MUSKOGEE. THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA HAVING BEEN CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1901 AND 1903 WHEN MUSKOGEE WAS THE LARGEST CITY IN INDIAN TERRITORY. THE DISTRICT CONSISTS OF SEVEN BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1901 AND 1903. THESE BUILDINGS REPLACED ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AROUND 1900. THESE BUILDINGS HOUSED A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES BOTH THEN AND NOW. THE BUILDINGS ARE ALL TWO-STORY RED BRICK STRUCTURES WITH FLAT ROOFS. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 10/6/1983.

Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: COMMERCE/TRADE
Current Function: COMMERCE/TRADE
Area of Significance 1: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: COMMERCIAL STYLE
Architect: MCKIBBAN & MCKIBBAN
Year Built: 1901-1907            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: WEST, C.W., MUSKOGEE: FROM STATEHOOD TO PEARL HARBOR. MUSKOGEE:MUSKOGEE PUBLISHING CO, 1976
Date Prepared: 8/8/83