National Register Record for NORMAN PUBLIC LIBRARY

Historic Name: NORMAN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Current Name: None
Address: 329 S PETERS AVE
City: NORMAN            County: CLEVELAND
Section: 29           Township: 9N           Range: 2W          
Description of significance: THE BALANCED FACADE AND ELEGANT PROPORTIONS OF THIS BRICK BUILDING HERALD IT AS A PROMINENT LANDMARK IN NORMAN. LONG IMPORTANT AS AN EDUCATIONAL CENTER, THE LIBRARY HAS SINCE TAKEN ON A NEW ROLE AS A COMMUNITY CENTER. DESIGNED BY THE OKLAHOMA CITY FIRM OF HAWK AND PARR, THIS 1929 BUILDING WAS THE CULMINATION OF YEARS OF EFFORTS BY THE CITIZENS OF NORMAN TO ESTABLISH A FIRST CLASS PUBLIC LIBRARY. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 12/28/00.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: EDUCATION
Current Function: SOCIAL
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: EDUCATION
Architectural Style: OTHER: ITALIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL
Architect: HAWK AND PARR, ARCHITECTS
Year Built: 1929            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: BLACKBURN, BOB ET AL. THE PHYSICAL LEGACY: BUILDINGS OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY, 1889-1931. OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA: SOUTHWESTERN HERITAGE PRESS FOR THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1980. SANBORN FIRE INSURANCE MAPS. NORMAN, 1944
Date Prepared: 3/2000