National Register Record for EUFAULA BUSINESS DISTRICT

Historic Name: EUFAULA BUSINESS DISTRICT
Current Name: None
Address: AREA WITHIN LOTS 89, 90, 100, 101, AND 102 ON MAIN STREET BETWEEN PINE AND GRAND STREETS
City: EUFAULA            County: MCINTOSH
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE RESOURCES WITHIN THE EUFAULA BUSINESS DISTRICT COMPOSE THE CORE OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN DOWNTOWN EUFAULA. THIS AREA SERVED AS THE CENTER OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY FOR THIS TOWN AND THE SURROUNDING RURAL AREAS. APPROXIMATELY HALF THE INCLUDED BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO 1907, WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS BEING COMPLETED PRIOR TO 1916. THE BUILDINGS RANGE IN SIZE FROM ONE TO THREE STORIES AND CONTAINED A VARIETY OF COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES. NOTABLE CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS INCLUDE THE SORBEE BUILDING, BUILT CA 1898 AND THE FOLEY BANK BUILDING. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 4/14/1988.

Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: COMMERCE/TRADE
Current Function: COMMERCE/TRADE
Area of Significance 1: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: COMMERCIAL; RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE;
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1899-1901            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: BENEDICT, JOHN R. HISTORY OF MUSKOGEE AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. CHICAGE: SJ CALRK PUB. CO., 1922; BICENTENNIAL EDITION, INDIAN JOURNAL, JUNE 1976
Date Prepared: SEPTEMBER 1987