National Register Record for OKLAHOMA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN HISTORIC DISTRICT

Historic Name: OKLAHOMA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN HISTORIC DISTRICT
Current Name: OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS; UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND ARTS OF OKLAHOMA
Address: ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY GRAND AVENUE, 19TH STREE, ALABAMA AVENUE, AND ALLEY WEST OF 15TH STREET
City: CHICKASHA            County: GRADY
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE OKLAHOMA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN IS THE HISTORIC STATE-SUPPORTED WOMENS COLLEGE LOCATED IN CHICKASHA. THE CAMPUS ORIGINATED IN 1911 WITH THE OPENING OF THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, NOW KNOWN AS TROUT HALL. OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 40 YEARS, AN ADDITIONAL FIFTEEN BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED, WITH FOUR BUILDINGS BEING CONSTRUCTED SINCE 1951. IN ADDITION TO TWENTY BUILDINGS, THE DISTRICT ALSO CONTAINS SIX OBJECTS AND TWO STRUCTURES, INCLUDING GATES, BENCHES, AND A FOOT BRIDGE. THE BUILDINGS WITHIN THIS DISTRICT ARE EXCELLENT EXAMPLES OF VARIOUS ARCHITECTURAL STYLES DESIGNED BY SOME OF OKLAHOMAS MOST NOTED ARCHITECTS FOR A SCHOOL THAT IS UNIQUE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATES EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 9/9/2001.

Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: EDUCATION: COLLEGE
Current Function: EDUCATION: COLLEGE
Area of Significance 1: EDUCATION
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: CLASSICAL REVIVAL; MISSION/SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL; OTHER: CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Architect: SMITH AND PARR; LAYTON, S.A. AND S. WEMYSS-SMITH; LAYTON, SMITH, AND FORSYTH; LAYTON, HICKS, AND FORSYTH; FORSYTH, JOHN DUNCAN; HARRIS, PAUL; NOFSTGER AND LAWRENCE; BRUER AND CAVIN; UNKNOWN
Year Built: None            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: 2001/2007