National Register Record for ARDMORE HISTORIC COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

Historic Name: ARDMORE HISTORIC COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
Current Name: None
Address: MAIN STREET, BOUNDED BY C STREET WEST & THE SANTA FE TRACKS.
City: ARDMORE            County: CARTER
Section: 30           Township: 4S           Range: 2E          
Description of significance: CENTERED ON THE MAIN COMMERCIAL STREET OF ARDMORE, THE DISTRICT ENCOMPASSES SIX BLOCKS OF BUILDINGS THAT REPRESENT THE GREATEST PERIOD OF GROWTH IN THE TOWN. THE WIDE VARIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL STYLES REPRESENTED IN THE DISTRICT IS INDICITIVE OF THE SUCCESS OF COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE DURING THE ECLECTIC ERA OF THE 1900-1920 PERIOD. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 3/14/83.

Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: COMMERCE
Current Function: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: COMMERCE
Architectural Style: COMMERCIAL STYLE; CLASSICAL REVIVAL; ROMANESQUE REVIVAL; MISSION/SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL.
Architect: C.E. TROUTMAN, ARCHITECT;
Year Built: 1895-1924            Original Site: YES
Condition: None
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: "ARDMORE, QUEEN CITY WHERE COTTON IS KING - LARGEST AND MOST PROSPEROUS CITY IN THE CHICKASAW NATION.", INDIAN TERRITORY T.P.A. MAGAZINE, SPECAIL EDITION, MAY 1906, PP.44; INTERVIEW WITH MAC MCGALLIARD, ARDMORE, JUNE 22, 1981;
Date Prepared: 1982