Guthrie Historic District, Roughly bounded by Oklahoma Avenue on the north, Broad Street on the east, Harrison Avenue on the south, and the railroad tracks on the west, includes 301 Harrison Street, Guthrie

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Roughly bounded by Oklahoma Avenue on the north, Broad Street on the east, Harrison Avenue on the south, and the railroad tracks on the west, includes 301 Harrison Street Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma Lat: Long: (Intersection of Oklahoma Avenue and Division Street, Google Earth, Simple Cylindrical Projection,

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Guthrie was the territorial capital of Oklahoma from to and then the first state capital from to Situated on over acres, Guthrie Historic District is the largest contiguous Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places. The district is also listed as a National Historic Landmark. Today, the Downtown Historic Preservation District retains a high degree of integrity and showcases an excellent collection of small town commercial architecture built in the decades immediately prior to and after the turn of the twentieth century. There are sixty-eight contributing and forty-three noncontributing resources in the district. Description: The Guthrie Historic District includes the commercial core of the city.

The district includes four complete blocks and parts of ten others, in addition to one building, the Logan County Courthouse, located outside the boundaries. The city of Guthrie was laid out in a grid pattern following the cardinal directions. The grid included by blocks and alleyways. This layout is unique to Oklahoma, because it was methodically planned unlike other 'boom towns' of its time period. The road system uses Oklahoma Avenue as an axis from the railroad depot to the historic Oklahoma State Capitol site. The district has two main east-west streets, Oklahoma and Harrison Avenues, and the most prominent buildings face these streets. The homogeneity of the buildings includes brick made from Oklahoma's red clay, sheet metal, and locally quarried sandstone.

The harmonious streets are lined with buildings sharing similar materials, heights, and scale. A small downtown park exists and many local street are lined with mature oak trees. The district site is rather level with only slight changes in elevation. The west end of the district is met with a densely forested green space with a steep slope leading the eye upward and providing a contrasting backdrop to the red brick. History: The period of significance began in the year of the first Oklahoma Land Run and the founding of Guthrie. With the Organic Act of Guthrie was designated the capital of Oklahoma territory. In Oklahoma achieved GUTHRIE HISTORIC DISTRICT HALS NO. OK-48 PAGE 2 statehood and Guthrie became the territorial capital.

The capital was moved to Oklahoma City in and the town fell into decline, resulting in little change of the Guthrie commercial area. The contributing buildings were constructed between the years and with the distinct architectural design of Belgium-born architect, Joseph Foucort. They are notable for their detail such as minarets, towers, arched windows, oriel windows, and stone finials. Architectural styles includes Victorian, Italianate, Romanesque, late-19th and early-20th century revivals, Beaux-Arts, classic revival, late and century American movements, and commercial styles.

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Green, Donald E. "The Oklahoma Land Run of A centennial Re- Interpretation." The Chronicles of Oklahoma 67 (Summer Kline, Susan Allen. Guthrie Historic District National Historic Landmark Nomination Form. NRIS. Listed as NHL Leider, Charles "Capitol Townsite Historic District, Guthrie, Oklahoma: A Case Study, The Chronicles of Oklahoma, 68 (Winter Lentz, Lloyd. Guthrie: A History of the Capital City, Guthrie, Oklahoma: Logan County Historical Society, Odom. Don. "Guthrie--The First Capital," In Cities of Okahoma, edited by John W. Morris, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Historical Society, State Capital Publishing Museum, compiler. "An Anthology of Guthrie's Buildings." Typed manuscript. Guthrie, Oklahoma,

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Forrest Hunt, May 5, Dr. Charles L. Leider, Professor and Faculty Sponsor Landscape Architecture Program Oklahoma State University and ASLA HALS Liaison for Oklahoma charles.leider@okstate.edu GUTHRIE HISTORIC DISTRICT HALS NO. OK-48 PAGE 3 Map of Guthrie Historic District (Forrest Hunt, May GUTHRIE HISTORIC DISTRICT HALS NO. OK-48 PAGE 4 Downtown street in Guthrie Historic District (Forrest Hunt, April 17,