National Register Record for EDWARDS HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT

Historic Name: EDWARDS HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT
Current Name: SAME
Address: ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY NE 16TH, NORTH PAGE, NE SUCCESS, AND NORTH BRYANT, EXTENDED ON NE GRAND
City: OKLAHOMA CITY            County: OKLAHOMA
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE EDWARDS HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT IS LOCATED IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA CITY ALONG THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF INTERSTATE 35 NORTH FROM NE 16TH STREET TO NE SUCCESS STREET AND NEAR THE EDWARDS HISTORIC DISTRICT. LIKE THE EDWARDS HISTORIC DISTRICT, EDWARDS HEIGHTS WAS DEVELOPED BY PROMINENT LOCAL AFRICAN AMERICANS, WALTER AND FRANCES EDWARDS. EDWARDS HEIGHTS INCLUDES 318 BUILDINGS, MOST CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1946 AND 1955 IN RESPONSE TO CHANGING HOUSING SEGREGATIONS POLICIES. IN ADDITION TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, THE DISTRICT INCLUDES ONE CHURCH AND SEVERAL BUSINESSES. MOST OF THE RESIDENCES ARE SMALL, BUILT IN A STYLE KNOWN AS MINIMAL RANCH AND ARE CLAD IN EITHER BRICK OR STONE. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER, 9/7/2005.

Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING, MULTIPLE DWELLING, SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RELIGION: RELIGIOUS FACILITY
Current Function: DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING, SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RELIGION: RELIGIOUS FACILITY; HEALTH CARE: SANITARIUM; TRANSPORATION: ROAD RELATED; VACANT/NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: ETHNIC HERITAGE: BLACK
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: OTHER: MINIMAL RANCH, RANCH, NATIONAL FOLK, MINIMAL TRADITIONAL, CONTEMPORARY
Architect: EDWARDS, WALTER AND FRANCES, BUILDERS; JACKSON, LEON QUINCEY, ARCHITECT
Year Built: 1946-1955            Original Site: YES
Condition: FAIR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: 2005