National Register Record for LANGSTON UNIVERSITY COTTAGE ROW HISTORIC DISTRICT

Historic Name: LANGSTON UNIVERSITY COTTAGE ROW HISTORIC DISTRICT
Current Name: SAME
Address: SW CORNER OF LANGSTON UNIVERSITY
City: LANGSTON            County: LOGAN
Section: 13           Township: 17N           Range: 1W          
Description of significance: LANGSTON UNIVERSITY WAS THE FIRST, AND ONLY, HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE IN OKLAHOMA, AND PROVIDED TO BLACK STUDENTS A HIGHER EDUCATION THAT WAS UNOBTAINABLE ELSEWHERE IN SEGREGATED OKLAHOMA. BUILT BY STUDENTS WITH MONEY APPROPRIATED BY THE GENERAL EDUCATION BOARD, THE COTTAGES WITHIN THIS DISTRICT ARE SIGNIFICANT FOR THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH BLACK EDUCATION IN THE STATE AND ARE NOTABLE FOR THEIR ARCHITECTURAL STYLE AND INTEGRITY. THE DISTRICT CONSISTS OF FIVE TEACHER COTTAGES AND THREE GARAGES BUILT IN 1930 AND 1948, AS WELL AS THE WEST ENTRY GATES BUILT IN 1947. THE COTTAGES ARE CONSTRUCTED OF BRICK IN THE TUDOR REVIVAL AND MINIMAL TRADITIONAL STYLES. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 1/7/1999.

Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: EDUCATION: EDUCATION-RELATED; TRANSPORTATION: ROAD-RELATED
Current Function: EDUCATION: EDUCATION-RELATED; TRANSPORTATION: ROAD-RELATED
Area of Significance 1: EDUCATION
Area of Significance 2: ETHNIC HERITAGE: BLACK
Architectural Style: TUDOR REVIVAL; OTHER: MINIMAL TRADITIONAL
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1930-1948            Original Site: YES
Condition: FAIR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: JULY 1998