National Register Record for HUGO HISTORIC DISTRICT
ID: 80003260
Historic Name: HUGO HISTORIC DISTRICT
Current Name: None
Address: ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY A STREET, JACKSON, 2ND STREET, AND JEFFERSON.
City: HUGO
County: CHOCTAW Section: None
Township: None
Range: None
Description of significance: FOUNDED IN 1901 AT THE INTERSECTION OF TWO BRANCHES OF THE FRISCO RAILROAD, HUGO GREW TO BECOME A MAJOR SHIPPING CENTER IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. LUMBER AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS WERE THE DOMINANT INDUSTRIES. THE COMMERCAIL DISTRICT OF HUGO SOON GREW AROUND THE HOTELS THAT CATERED TO TRAVELERS, AND THE BUSINESSES, BANKS, AND OTHER ENTERPRISES UTILIZED BY ALL. THE DISTRICT CONTAINS OVER 50 BUILDINGS REPRESENTING THE EARLY IMPORTANCE OF HUGO. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 11/12/80.
Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: COMMERCE
Current Function: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 1: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: COMMERCIAL STYLE; ITALIANATE; CLASSICAL REVIVAL
Architect: None
Year Built: 1901-1920
Original Site: YES
Condition: None
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: THE T.P.A. MAGAZINE, MAY 1906; THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN, NOV. 7, 1926; HUGO, OK: A CITY OF WONDERFUL RESOURCES, S.W. LAND COMPANY, HUGO, 1916
Date Prepared: 1979