National Register Record for SAYRE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT

Historic Name: SAYRE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT
Current Name: None
Address: 100 BLOCKS OF EAST AND WEST MAIN, 100 BLOCK OF NORTH 4TH
City: SAYRE            County: BECKHAM
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE SAYRE DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL DSITRICT REFLECTS THE GROWTH AND IMPORTANCE OF COMMERCE IN CENTRAL BECKHAM COUNTY FROM 1903 TO 1952. SAYRE IS THE COUNTY SEAT AND A RAIL STOP ON THE ROCK ISLAND LINE, HELPING IT DEVELOPE AS A COMMERCIAL CENTER. COMMERCE WAS BOOSTED BY THE ROUTING OF US HIGHWAY 66 THROUGH TOWN IN 1926. THE COLLECTION OF BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT REFLECTS THE CHANGING STYLES FROM 1903 TO THE 1950S. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 12/09/02

Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: COMMERCE
Current Function: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 1: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: COMMERCIAL STYLE; CLASSICAL REVIVAL; LATE VICTORIAN COMMERCIAL
Architect: None
Year Built: 1903 - 1950            Original Site: YES
Condition: None
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: MAY, 2002