National Register Record for GUTHRIE HISTORIC DISTRICT

Historic Name: GUTHRIE HISTORIC DISTRICT
Current Name: GUTHRIE HISTORIC DISTRICT
Address: ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY UNIVERSITY AVENUE TO PINE STREET, COLLEGE TO FOURTEENTH STREET, & MINERAL WELLS PARK
City: GUTHRIE            County: Logan
Section:            Township:            Range:           
Description of significance: ALMOST OVERNIGHT, GUTHRIE BECAME THE MOST IMPORTANT CITY IN WHAT WOULD BECOME THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. THE GUTHRIE HISTORIC DISTRICT CONSISTS OF A MIXTURE OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES DATING TO THE SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH OF THIS COMMUNITY BETWEEN THE LAND RUN OF 1889 AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE STATE CAPITAL TO OKLAHOMA CITY IN 1910. THE DISTRICT INCLUDES COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AND RESIDENTIAL SPACES DATING TO THAT PERIOD. A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL STYLES ARE REPRESENTED. NOTABLE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES INCLUDE THE CASSIUS M. BARNES HOME AT 411 E NOBLE AND THE FRANK DALE HOME AT 13TH AND CLEVELAND. COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS INCLUDE THE GRAY BUILDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF DIVISION AND OKLAHOMA AND THE VICTOR BLOCK AT FIRST AND HARRISON. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 6/13/1974.

Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: No Data
Current Function: No Data
Area of Significance 1: No Data
Area of Significance 2: No Data
Architectural Style: No Style
Architect: FOUCART, JOSEPH - ARCHITECT; WEATHERS, P.H. - ARCHITECT; MANHATTAN CONSTRUCTION COMAPNY - BUILDER; VANDENBERG, J.H. - BUILDER
Year Built: 1889-1910            Original Site: YES
Condition: No Data
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: GUTHRIE CITY DIRECTORY, 1908-09 & 1910
Date Prepared: 2/15/2000