List of National Historic Landmarks in Oklahoma
This list of National Historic Landmarks in Oklahoma lists all objects and sites in the US state of Oklahoma that are classified as National Historic Landmarks (NHL) in that US state and are under the supervision of the National Park Service . These buildings, objects and other sites meet certain criteria with regard to their national importance.
Current NHLs in Oklahoma
Oklahoma has 22 such National Historic Landmarks . This list leads the objects according to the official designations in the National Register of Historic Places .
Surname | image | Entry date | location | county | description | |
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1 | 101 Ranch Historic District |
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ID No. 73001560 |
May 15, 1975
Ponca City 36 ° 36 ′ 47 " N , 97 ° 8 ′ 34" W. |
On this ranch, Bill Pickett developed bull-dogging into a rodeo art form; Home of the 101 Ranch Wild West Show. | |
2 | Bizzell Library |
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ID no. 01000071 |
January 3, 2001
Norman 35 ° 12 '28 " N , 97 ° 26' 44" W. |
University of Oklahoma library with a focus on racial segregation cases. | |
3 | Boley Historic District |
ID No. 75001568 |
May 15, 1975
Boley 35 ° 29 ′ 44 " N , 96 ° 28 ′ 58" W. |
A city founded in 1903 exclusively for blacks, the result of the policy of racial segregation. | ||
4th | Boston Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, South |
more pictures |
ID No. 78002270 |
January 20, 1999
Tulsa 36 ° 8 ′ 38 " N , 95 ° 59 ′ 4" W. |
One of the finest examples of ecclesiastical Art Deco architecture in the United States | |
5 | Camp Nichols |
ID No. 66000628 |
May 23, 1963
Wheeless 36 ° 45 ′ 9.6 ″ N , 102 ° 55 ′ 34.6 ″ W. |
Ruins of the Kit Carson fort built to protect the settlers from the Kiowa and Apaches en route on the Cimarron Cutoff . | ||
6th | Cherokee National Capitol |
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ID No. 66000627 |
July 4, 1961
Tahlequah 35 ° 54 '38.3 " N , 94 ° 58' 13.9" W. |
Capitol of the Cherokee Nation from 1869 to 1907 when Oklahoma became a state | |
7th | Creek National Capitol |
ID No. 66000632 |
July 4, 1961
Okmulgee 35 ° 37 '23.6 " N , 95 ° 58' 18.4" W. |
Creek Capitol from 1878 to 1907, now a museum. | ||
8th | Deer Creek Site |
ID No. 66000630 |
April 16, 1964
Newkirk address classified |
Archaeological site of a Wichita fortified village . | ||
9 | Fort Gibson |
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ID no. 66000631 |
December 12, 1960
Fort Gibson 35 ° 48 '14 " N , 95 ° 15' 26" W. |
The fort was the westernmost military post in the United States when it was built in 1824 in what was then Indian territory . | |
10 | Fort Sill |
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ID no. 66000629 |
December 12, 1960
Fort Sill 34 ° 42 ′ 15 ″ N , 98 ° 30 ′ 30 ″ W. |
The fort is the only US military base from the days of the Indian Wars in the south of the Great Plains that is still in active service. | |
11 | Fort Washita |
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ID No. 66000626 |
June 23, 1965
Nida 34 ° 6 ′ 13 ″ N , 96 ° 32 ′ 54 ″ W. |
The fort was established in 1842 to protect the Choctaw and Chickasaw from the Plains Indians. | |
12 | Guthrie Historic District |
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ID No. 74001664 |
January 20, 1999
Guthrie 35 ° 52 '48 " N , 97 ° 25' 31" W. |
Historic Landmark District . | |
13 | Honey Springs Battlefield |
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ID no. 13000280 |
February 27, 2013
Rentiesville 35 ° 31 '52.7 " N , 95 ° 29" 8.9 " W. |
Site of the Battle of Honey Springs during the Civil War , which became known because of the predominant participation of mostly non-white troops | |
14th | Ernest Whitworth Marland Mansion |
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ID no. 73001561 |
December 22, 1977
Ponca City 36 ° 43 ′ 1 ″ N , 97 ° 3 ′ 38 ″ W. |
Home of the politician Ernest Whitworth Marland . | |
15th | McLemore Site |
ID No. 66000636 |
July 19, 1964
Colony address classified |
archaeological site | ||
16 | Murrell Home |
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ID no. 70000530 |
May 30, 1974
Park Hill 35 ° 51 ′ 20.6 " N , 94 ° 57 ′ 32.2" W. |
George M. Murrell's home | |
17th | Platt National Park Historic District |
more pictures |
ID no. 11000628 |
July 7, 2011
Sulfur 34 ° 30 '2 " N , 96 ° 58' 20" W. |
A square mile of land sold by the Chickasaw Nation to the federal government in 1902 for a park | |
18th | Price Tower |
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ID no. 74001670 |
March 29, 2007
Bartlesville 36 ° 44 ′ 51 " N , 95 ° 58 ′ 34" W. |
The building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright , is the architect's only completed high-rise. designed building. It was commissioned by the HC Price Petroleum Company and completed in 1956. | |
19th | Sequoyah's Cabin |
ID No. 66000634 |
December 21, 1965
Akins 35 ° 30 ′ 51 " N , 94 ° 39 ′ 7" W. |
Log house by Sequoyah , who developed the script for the Cherokee | ||
20th | Stamper Site |
ID No. 66000635 |
July 19, 1964
Optima address classified information |
archaeological site | ||
21st | Washita Battlefield |
more pictures |
ID No. 66000633 |
January 12, 1965
Cheyenne 35 ° 37 ′ 3 ″ N , 99 ° 42 ′ 1 ″ W. |
Battlefield where, in 1868, George Custer led the 7th Cavalry in a surprise attack on the village of Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle . | |
22nd | Wheelock Academy |
ID No. 66000949 |
December 21, 1965
Millerton 33 ° 59 ′ 38 " N , 94 ° 59 ′ 18" W. |
Originally a mission school for Choctaw girls, the institution became an academy and model for other academies of the five civilized nations. |
supporting documents
- ↑ National Park Service: National Historic Landmarks Program: Questions and Answers ( English ) Retrieved on December 14 of 2010.
- ↑ The numbering in this list column is based on the order of the entries presented by the National Park Service ; the colors distinguish different types of protected areas of the National Park System with national significance (e.g. National Historic Landmarks ) from the other entries in the National Register of Historic Places .
Web links
Commons : National Historic Landmarks of Oklahoma - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
- National Register Information System . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . Retrieved July 9, 2010.