National Register Record for HISTORIC DOWNTOWN SULPHUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
ID: 1000662Historic Name: HISTORIC DOWNTOWN SULPHUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
Current Name: SAME
Address: WEST MUSKOGEE STREET FROM WEST 1ST TO WEST 5TH & PART OF WEST 5TH
City: SULPHUR County: MURRAY
Section: None Township: None Range: None
Description of significance: THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN SULPHUR COMMERCIAL DISTRICT COMPRISES THE HEART OF SUSTAINED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF SULPHUR. MOVED TWICE TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW PLATT NATIONAL PARK, THE TOWN HAS LONG HAD A CLOSE TIE TO THE SPRINGS AND CREEKS THAT FIRST MADE THIS AREA ATTRACTIVE. CENTERED ON MUSKOGEE AVENUE, THE HISTORIC DISTRICT CONTAINS THE BUILDINGS THAT BEST REPRESENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF SULPHUR IN ITS FINAL LOCATION. THE DISTRICT IS COMPOSED OF ONE AND TWO STORY COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS THAT DATE FROM THE FIRST THREE DECADES OF THE 20TH CENTURY. A TOTAL OF 39 RESOURCES ARE WITHIN THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, 27 OF WHICH ARE CONSIDERED CONTRIBUTING. NOTABLE BUILDINGS INCLUDE THE 1916 CITY HALL, A TWO-STORY CLASSICAL REVIVAL BUILDING LOCATED AT 404 W. MUSKOGEE, AND 329 W. MUSKOGEE, A TWO-STORY RENAISSANCE REVIVAL HOUSE OF BUFF COLORED BRICK. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 6/14/2001.
Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: COMMERCE/TRADE: DEPARTMENT STORE, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, SPECIALTY STORE; SOCIAL: MEETING HALL; GOVERNMENT: CITY HALL; DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING; RELIGION: RELIGIOUS FACILITY
Current Function: COMMERCE/TRADE: DEPARTMENT STORE, OFFICE BUILDING, SPECIALTY STORE; SOCIAL: MEETING HALL; RECREATION AND CULTURE: MUSEUM; DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING; RELIGION: RELIGIOUS FACILITY
Area of Significance 1: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: ITALIANATE; LATE GOTHIC REVIVAL; ITALIAN RENAISSANCE; MISSION/SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL; CLASSICAL REVIVAL; COMMERCIAL STYLE
Architect: HICKS, JEWELL - ARCHITECT; SCOTT, W.L. - BUILDER
Year Built: 1905 - Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: 2/15/2001
