National Register Record for DOWNTOWN HOBART HISTORIC DISTRICT

Historic Name: DOWNTOWN HOBART HISTORIC DISTRICT
Current Name: SAME
Address: ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY JEFFERSON ST, ERD, WASHINGTON ST, 4TH, AND THE 200 AND 500 BLOCK OF SOUTH MAIN ST
City: HOBART            County: KIOWA
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE DOWNTOWN HOBART HISTORIC DISTRICT IS CENTERED ON THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE OF THIS KIOWA COUNTY SEAT. THE DISTRICT INCLUDES 105 RESOURCES, 3 OF WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER (HOBART PUBLIC LIBRARY, CITY HALL, AND THE KIOWA COUNTY COURTHOUSE). THIS DISTRICT WAS THE ECONOMIC TRADE CENTER OF KIOWA COUNTY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE BUILDINGS HAPPENED PRIMARILY BETWEEN 1901 AND 1930, DURING THE PEAK OF THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA. THE BUILDINGS REPRESENT A VARIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL STYLES, BUT THE DISTRICT IS DOMINATED BY EXAMPLES OF THE PLAINS COMMERCIAL AND LATE VICTORIAN STYLES. CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS INCLUDE THE BURKE BUILDING, AN ITALIANATE STYLE BRICK BUILDING AT 318 S JEFFERSON, AND THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE, A RENAISSANCE REVIVAL STYLE BUILDING AT 227 S MAIN. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER 3/10/2005.

Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: COMMERCE/TRADE; GOVERNMENT
Current Function: COMMERCE/TRADE; GOVERNMENT; RECREATION AND CULTURE; SOCIAL
Area of Significance 1: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: ITALIANATE; ROMANESQUE REVIVAL; RENAISSANCE REVIVAL; COMMERCIAL; COLONIAL REVIVAL; MISSION/SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL
Architect: MCCANSE, WILLIAM - ARCHITECT; ETHERTON, W.A. - ARCHITECT; GORDON, J. RILEY - ARCHITECT
Year Built: 1901-1930            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: 6-01-2004