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Preservation Standards AND Guidelines August 1, 2012 The Paseo Neighborhood Historic District Listed in the National Register of Historic Places: May 27, 2004 Criteria A and C; NRIS #04000517 Zoned Historic Landmark (HL): 1998 Period of Significance: 1905-1953 with specific emphasis on 1907-1908 The Paseo Neighborhood contains a residential district and a unique historic commercial district along a curved street named ―The Paseo.‖ West of Walker Avenue between NW 23rd and NW 30th Streets, development began in the Paseo soon after statehood, although the majority of the residential construction occurred at about the same time as G.A. Nichols built the Spanish Village shopping center in 1928. In 1991, the Neighborhood Conservation District established special zoning for the area, and provided for HPC oversight and review of the commercial area. In 1998, Historic Landmark zoning extended HPC review to the residential areas. The commercial area was changed from Historic Preservation Commission oversight to design review by the Urban Design Commission in 2009. The unique Spanish Mediterranean Revival architecture of the village, one of the first upscale shopping areas outside of downtown, was reflected in some of the diverse designs of surrounding dwellings, although many Prairie, Tudor Revival, Craftsman and other styles are represented as well. Numerous apartment buildings constructed in the historic period also demonstrate the diversity of architectural styles and residences that have always been desirable characteristics of this urban neighborhood. Several pieces of the neighborhood have been brought back from rundown status over the decades in Paseo, and the historic district designation initiated another wider, more comprehensive regeneration. Signs marking the borders of The Paseo Neighborhood and Putnam Heights historic districts. Putnam Heights Historic District Listed in the National Register of Historic Places: June 2, 1982 Criteria A, B and C; NRIS#82003693 Zoned Historic Preservation (HP):1972 Period of Significance: 1908-1930s A presidential grant of land for the Oklahoma Military Institute at the beginning of the 20th Century laid the foundation for development of Putnam Heights located in the area from NW 35th Street to NW 38th Street, east of Blackwelder and Georgia Avenues and extending eastward to just west of Classen Boulevard. After the Institute‘s lone building burned in 1909, Israel Putnam platted the land as a subdivision, and Putnam Heights quickly became home to many of the business and social leaders of the city, as well as governors, state representatives and an attorney general. The eclecticism prevalent in architectural tastes of the period resulted in houses built in revival styles such as Colonial, Georgian, Tudor, Spanish Mediterranean and Mission, and ―modern‖ styles such as Craftsman and Prairie. Oklahoma City Historic Districts 28
Preservation Standards AND Guidelines August 1, 2012 Signs like this one mark the borders of the Shepherd Historic District. Shepherd Historic District Listed in the National Register of Historic Places: June 20, 1997 Criterion C, NRIS #97000612 Zoned Historic Preservation: 1998 Period of Significance: 1931-1941 with specific emphasis on 1931 Part of the homestead granted to George Shepherd in 1896 is now the Shepherd Historic District, an important historic neighborhood developed largely in the 1920s and 1930s near the popular early 20th Century Shepherd‘s Lake swimming lake and bathhouse. Shepherd is characterized by a variety of brick and stone Tudor Revival and later modified Colonial Revival style houses, with many large trees and a neighborhood park. Tucked between Shepherd Mall (on the site of the 19th century Shepherd farmstead) and Pennsylvania Avenue from NW 25th Street to NW 29th Street, the neighborhood has long had active residents who are providing stewardship and an active revitalization ethic for this important historic district. 1.8 ARCHITECTURAL STYLES AND TRADITIONS IN OKLAHOMA CITY The architectural style of a house, apartment or commercial building is a convenient way to summarize the form of the structure: its type or use, its scale, shape and interior arrangement, and its details, including materials and ornamentation. Most American dwellings can be categorized by one or more architectural styles. Historic properties in Oklahoma City generally reflect the styles and fashions popular across the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. A building that was designed in a particular style is not a random collection of individual architectural parts, elements or details. The features of the building are combined to present a coherent image: windows and doors proportional to the dimensions of the house, building materials complementing the scale and shape of the building; porches, roofs and other details reflecting the time period and fashions influencing the builder. Technology, available materials, fashion trends, climate and environment, topography, transportation patterns, family needs and budget all affected the selection of an architectural style when a dwelling was constructed. Oklahoma City Historic Preservation and Historic Landmark zoned districts were all developed with a local building and annexation boom beginning about 1900. The styles and architectural influences of the buildings in the districts reflect the stylistic fashions prevalent in the western United States during the various periods of their development. By 1900, professional periodicals such as Western Architect, Gustav Stickley‘s Craftsman magazine, general publications such as the Ladies Home Journal, and regionally, Holland‟s Magazine, were among the many publications that provided homeowners and builders with prolific images of fashionable houses in the latest styles. Specific designs, with detailed building plans could even be purchased from ―catalogues,‖ and ―kit houses‖ arrived by railroad car at the owner‘s local lumber dealer with pre-cut lumber and all necessary materials ready for assembly on site. Local architects and builders offered their clients an abundance of plan and detail offerings. Even popular culture influenced house style choices: some believe that the popularity of historical revival styles during the 1920s stemmed in part from the romantic images of faraway places and picturesque settings portrayed in the movies, which the average American attended twice each week. Oklahoma City Historic Districts 29
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