Intensive Level Survey of Downtown Norman, 2010

Gaston, Kelli

Abstract: "This survey of buildings in Downtown Norman was conducted in order to (1) develop a comprehensive inventory of buildings within the central business district; to (2) evaluate each property within the central business district according to the National Register Criterion for Evaluation to determine its eligibility for listing individually or as part of a potential historic district, and (3) to determine the potential for the expansion of the current historic district. The survey was conducted between February 2010 and April 2010. A total of 185 resources were surveyed and evaluated. Twenty-nine (29) properties within the survey area were summarily designated as not warranting further study. These properties were located in areas that were highly altered, lacked continuity, or did not possess sufficient concentration of resources to justify inclusion in a commercial district. Of the remaining properties, sixty-six (66) were evaluated as non-contributing and ninety (90) were identified as contributing resources to a possible expansion of the downtown commercial historic district. 45 of these contributing resources were previously listed in the National Register as part of the Norman Historic District encompassing the 100-200 Blocks of East Main Street. No additional properties within the survey area were identified as being individually eligible for the National Register of Historic Places." Funding was provided in part by a 2009 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Norman (project number OK-09-612) administered by the Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office (grant number 40-09-21842) 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.

Intensive Level Survey of Downtown Norman, 2010

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