Survey Report: Intensive Level Survey of Hetherington Heights Second Addition, Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, June 2017

A.R.C.H. Consulting; Savage, Cynthia

Abstract: "This document serves as the final survey report for the Intensive Level Survey of the Hetherington Heights Second Addition in Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma. The City of Norman sponsored the survey through their Certified Local Government (CLG) program which received partial funding from the Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office (OK/SHPO). The project emphasized the recording of extant properties at a minimum level of documentation, consisting of preparation of a Historic Preservation Resource Identification Form, survey maps and adequate photo documentation to illustrate each property. The results of the survey provide information useful in making decisions concerning the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) eligibility of all buildings within the survey area and, as applicable, the boundaries for potential historic districts. A.R.C.H. Consulting undertook the survey between November 2016 and June 2017. Project personnel conducted the survey in order to record at a minimum level of documentation the extant buildings within the neighborhood. All houses in the neighborhood were individually documented. Unlike many neighborhoods in Norman, there were no rear garage apartments in the Hetherington Heights Second Addition and very few detached garages. Once documented, the properties were then evaluated to determine their potential National Register eligibility on both an individual and collective basis. The survey determined that the Hetherington Heights Second Addition as a whole, including the unplatted section in the northeast corner, warranted National Register eligibility as a single historic district. Of the total 141 buildings documented, the Hetherington Heights Second Historic District was determined to contain ninety-seven contributing and forty-four noncontributing resources, equaling an 69% contributing rate. Composed of modest examples of the popular, mid twentieth century, Ranch style, none of the properties in the neighborhood were determined to individually warrant National Register eligibility. As a collective entity, the Hetherington Heights Second Historic District retains a good degree of integrity with only one property being constructed in the neighborhood after the district’s period of significance and that house, 706 South Berry Road, being erected in 1977. In addition to summarizing the results of the survey, this report includes a brief historic context which discusses the development of the Hetherington Heights Second Addition. The report and the individual property files will assist the city in future preservation planning endeavors concerning the Hetherington Heights Second neighborhood. The survey will also facilitate the decision making process pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, should the need arise." Funding was provided in part by a 2016 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Norman (project number OK-16-612) administered by the Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office (grant number P16AF00046) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Norman, Oklahoma is a Certified Local Government.

Survey Report: Intensive Level Survey of Hetherington Heights Second Addition, Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, June 2017

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