Final Survey Report: Reconnaissance Level Survey of a Portion of Lawton

Oklahoma Historic Preservation Survey, Department of History, Oklahoma State University

From abstract: "This document serves as the final survey report of the Reconnaissance Level survey of a Portion of Lawton. The Oklahoma Historic Preservation Survey, an adjunct of the Department of History at Oklahoma State University, performed the survey between September 1, 1991 and August 31, 1992 under a contract (40-91-60042.006} with the State Historic Preservation Office of the Oklahoma Historical Society. Project personnel conducted the survey in order to: (l) identify and minimally document individual historic properties and potential districts which warrant further study for possible inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places; (2) identify and characterize portions of the study area devoid of historic resources; and, (3) identify reference material useful for completing National Register nominations of properties deemed worthy of further study. To facilitate this entire process, a historic narrative of Lawton's development up to 1952 was also prepared. This narrative provides the context necessary to evaluate the historic significance, or meaning, of these properties. The survey covered the 1946 city limits of Lawton, which lies within the State Historic Preservation Office's Management Region #7. The study area consists of 4.5 square miles (2,880 acres). A total of 293 properties were minimally documented, of which 93 (31.7%) warrant further study for possible National Register inclusion. Of these, 21 (7.2%) of the total properties documented, lie within the Old Town North Historic District identified by the survey. This report, together with the accompanying individual property files, should facilitate land-use management in the study area which is sensitive to its historic resources. " Funding was provided in part by a 1991 Historic Preservation Fund grant administered by the Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office (project number OK-91-006, grant number 40-91-60042) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Final Survey Report: Reconnaissance Level Survey of a Portion of Lawton

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