African American Sites Listed on the National Register
Many sites significant to the history of African Americans in Oklahoma are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Below you will find a list of those properties, and as they become available, a short description and photo of each. If you would like more information about any of these properties, please contact the State Historic Preservation Office at 405/521-6249.
Cemeteries & Churches
- Bethel Missionary Baptist Church (Tatums)
- Calvary Baptist Church (Oklahoma City)
- Central Baptist Church (Muskogee)
- Eastside Baptist Church (Okmulgee)
- First Baptist Central (Okmulgee)
- First Baptist Church (Muskogee)
- Gower Cemetery (Edmond)
- New Hope Baptist Church (Chickasha)
- St. Paul's Church & Cemetery (Meeker vicinity)
- St. Thomas Primitive Baptist Church (Summit)
- Ward Chapel A.M.E. Church (Muskogee)
Districts
- Boley Historic District (Boley)
- Edwards Historic District (Oklahoma City)
- Edwards Heights Historic District (Oklahoma City)
- Langston University Cottage Row Historic District (Langston)
- Okmulgee Historic District (Okmulgee)
Homes
- 101 Ranch (Kay County)
- Walter J. & Frances W. Edwards House (Oklahoma City)
- Melvin F. Luster House (Oklahoma City)
- Morris House (Langston)
Military
Public Buildings
- Ardmore Black Theater (Ardmore)
- Bizzell Library (Norman)
- Elk's Victory Lodge/Ruby's Grill (Oklahoma City)
- Escoe Building (Muskogee)
- Haywood Building (Oklahoma City)
- Johnson Hotel & Boarding House (Duncan)
- Littlepage Building (Oklahoma City)
- Okmulgee Black Hospital (Okmulgee)
- Red Bird City Hall (Red Bird)
- Rock Front (Vernon)
- Taft City Hall (Taft)
- Threatt Filling Station (Luther vicinity)
Schools
- (Old) Douglass High School (Oklahoma City)
- Douglass High School Auditorium (Ardmore)
- Dunbar School (Ardmore)
- Lincoln Colored School (Fairfax)
- L'Ouverture Gymnasium (McAlester)
- Manual Training High School (Muskogee)
- Miller-Washington School (Red Bird)
- Rosenwald Hall (Lima)
- Verden Separate School (Chickasha)
- W.E.B. DuBois School (Summit)
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