National Register Record for DEBARR HISTORIC DISTRICT

Historic Name: DEBARR HISTORIC DISTRICT
Current Name: None
Address: BOUNDED BY BOYD, DEBARR (NOW DEAN'S ROW), DUFFY, AND THE AT&SF RAILROAD TRACKS
City: NORMAN            County: CLEVELAND
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE DEBARR HISTORIC DISTRICT IS SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS COLLECTION OF PERIOD ARCHITECTURE FROM 1905 TO 1930, AS WELL AS FOR ITS DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA. THE DISTRICT SERVED AS THE HOME TO FACULTY AND STAFF OF THE GROWING UNIVERSITY. FRATERNATIES AND SORORITIES LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH EDGE OF CAMPUS. IMPRESSIVE HOUSES OF VARIOUS REVIVAL STYLES LINE THE TREE-SHADED STREETS. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 12/27/91. REMOVED FROM NATIONAL REGISTER 11/12/2018 DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMOLITIONS, ALTERATIONS, AND NEW CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDES DEMOLITION) IN THE DISTRICT.

Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: DOMESTIC
Current Function: DOMESTIC
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: EDUCATION
Architectural Style: CRAFTSMAN; PRAIRIE SCHOOL; SPANISH MISSION REVIVAL; RENAISSANCE REVIVAL
Architect: S. WEYMESS-SMITH; HAROLD GIMENO
Year Built: 1901-1930            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: 6/1991