National Register Record for ANADARKO DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT

Historic Name: ANADARKO DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT
Current Name: None
Address: ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY W. 3RD, E. 2ND, BROADWAY, & RR TRACKS.
City: ANADARKO            County: CADDO
Section: 15           Township: 7N           Range: 10W          
Description of significance: ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY THE ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD, EAST 2ND ST. AND WEST 3RD ST., THE ANADARKO DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT CONSISTS OF 62 CONTRIBUTING RESOURCES THAT REFLECT THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN. MANY OF THE BUILDINGS REFLECT THE TERRITORIAL ERA WHEN ANADARKO WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TOWN IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 12/10/90.

Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: COMMERCE
Current Function: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 1: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: COMMERCIAL STYLE; LATE VICTORIAN COMMERCIAL STYLE; ART MODERNE; ROMANESQUE REVIVAL; COMMERCIAL ITALIANATE.
Architect: LOUIS A. SIMON, ARCHITECT
Year Built: 1900-1939            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: HUME, CARLETON ROSS, "ANADARKO, AN INDIAN AGENCY, AND A COUNTY SEAT: A HISTORY OF ANADARKO OKLAHOMA", 1951, UNPUBLISHED; ANADARKO AMERICAN, 8/31/1911 - 6/24/1924; ANADARKO AMERICAN DEMOCRAT, 1/3/1918 - 12/26/1928; ANADARKO DAILY NEWS,1/4/1935 - 3/26/1937;
Date Prepared: 7/26/1990