Fourteen New Listings in the National Register

Contact: Jim Gabbert
(405)522-4478
or Michael Dean
(405) 522-5241

Oklahoma City, OK
October 3, 2007
For Immediate Release

The State Historic Preservation Office is pleased to announce that fourteen new properties from Oklahoma have been added to the National Register of Historic Places as of September 6, 2007. The National Register is the nation's official list of places significant in our history. The new listings from Oklahoma include four residential district and a school in Tulsa, a district tied to the film industry in Oklahoma City, and individual properties that represent a variety of historic themes significant in the state's history.

The Riverview neighborhood of Tulsa now boasts four historic districts within its boundaries, the Riverview Historic District, Buena Vista park Historic District, Stonebraker Heights Historic District and Carlton Place Historic District. Each of these distinct entities represents a period of development in Tulsa's expansive history. Likewise, Will Rogers High School has been singled out for its Art Deco design and for its significance in the progressive education movement of the 1930s.

In Oklahoma City, the Film Exchange Historic District, centered on the intersection of Sheridan and Lee Avenues, represents a unique story, that of the distribution of movies to theaters across the state. Major studios and distributors marketed their wares out of the buildings at this corner. In Atoka, the First Presbyterian Church is recognized for its architectural merit. Romanesque Revival and Craftsman style details marry into a picturesque church building.

The Santa Fe Depot and the Love County Jail and Sheriff's Residence in Marietta were both listed in the National Register for their local importance in the history and development of the community. The depot is an outstanding example of the Spanish Mission style favored by the Santa Fe railroad. The jail and Sheriff's Residence is a concrete building constructed in 1910 to address the need for a modern, sanitary, and escape-proof jail in love County. Located on the courthouse lawn, it now houses the Love County Military Museum.

Tonkawa's Masonic Lodge No. 157 is an outstanding example of Classical Revival architecture. Oklahoma City architects Hawk & Parr designed a building befitting the needs of a town rich in oil wealth from the Three Sands field. The elegant building is too large for its current lodge and has recently been placed on Preservation Oklahoma's most endangered historic properties list.