National Register Record for PERRY COURTHOUSE SQUARE HISTORIC DISTRICT

Historic Name: PERRY COURTHOUSE SQUARE HISTORIC DISTRICT
Current Name: SAME
Address: ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY BIRCH, ELM, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH STREETS
City: PERRY            County: NOBLE
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, AND OBJECTS THAT COMPRISE THE PERRY COURTHOUSE SQUARE HISTORIC DISTRICT REPRESENT THE CORE OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN PERRY AND NOBLE COUNTY HISTORICALLY AND INTO THE PRESENT. THE DISTRICT ALSO RETAINS A HIGH DEGREE OF INTEGRITY, WITH BUILDINGS REPRESENTING A VARIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL STYLES, SOME DESIGNED BY RENOWNED OKLAHOMA ARCHITECTS. THE DISTRICT INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY THIRTEEN CITY BLOCKS SURROUNDING THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE. THE DISTRICT IS COMPOSED LARGELY OF BRICK AND STONE, ONE AND TWO-STORY COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. IT INCLUDES 132 BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES AND OBJECTS. CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS INCLUDE THE MIDCONTINENT OIL STATION AT 524 CEDAR, A 1937 ART MODERNE COMMERCIAL BUILDING OF BUFF COLORED BRICK, AND THE A.C. HINDE BUILDING AT 620 CEDAR, AN 1898 ROMANESQUE REVIVAL STYLE BUILDING. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 9/2/2003.

Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: COMMERCE: SPECIALTY STORE, PROFESSIONAL, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, RESTAURANT; GOVERNMENT: COURTHOUSE, CITY HALL, POST OFFICE; HEALTH CARE: MEDICAL BUSINESS/OFFICE; EDUCATION: LIBRARY: LANDSCAPE: PARK/PLAZA
Current Function: COMMERCE: SPECIALTY STORE, PROFESSIONAL, RESTAURANT; GOVERNMENT: COURTHOUSE, CITY HALL, POST OFFICE; HEALTH CARE: MEDICAL BUSINESS/OFFICE; EDUCATION: LIBRARY; LANDSCAPE: PARK/PLAZA
Area of Significance 1: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: COLONIAL REVIVAL, COMMERCIAL STYLE, MODERNE, ART DECO, RANCH
Architect: HAWK, J.W. , FOUCART, JOSEPH P., LAYTON, WEMYSS-SMITH & HAWK, WOLLENSON, T.E., GORDON AND RAYMOND - ARCHITECTS; KREIPKE, A.C., REYNOLDS, J.W., MANHATTAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY - BUILDERS
Year Built: None            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: MAY 23, 2003