Districts in the National Register of Historic Places
Brady Heights Historic District
- Description
- The Brady Heights Neighborhood has definite physical boundaries on the south and west. On the north, Marshall Street marks a distinct change in the scale and age of the housing stock. The area derives its name from Tate Brady and from the addition which bears his name. Many architectural styles have influenced the design of Brady Heights. Architects and builders used elements of Queen Anne, Prairie School, Victorian, Georgian Revival and Bungalow styles. Wood and brick are the most common exterior materials. The houses of Brady Heights are on a larger scale and of a more sophisticated design than those of adjacent neighborhoods. Bay windows with leaded glass, servants’ quarters, and broad porches suggest the elegance of earlier days.
- The Brady Heights Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 27, 1980, and is Tulsa’s first district to be listed in the Register. It was listed under National Register Criteria C, and its NRIS number is 80003302.
- Significance
- From territorial days until the 1920s, Brady Heights was an important part of the then fashionable north side of Tulsa. Young professional businessmen and oil men, like G. Y. Vandever, I. S. Mincks and “Diamond Joe” Wilson, owned homes there.
- Period
- Residential Construction: 1906-1925
- Representation in Existing Surveys
- National Register of Historic Places — June 27, 1980
- Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory — Brady Heights Historic District, Tate W. Brady House
- Local Inventory — June, 1978; June, 1991
- Cultural Resources in the Tulsa Urban Study Area, by Kelly C. Duncan, edited by Annetta L. Cheek, Archaeological Research Associates Research Report #14, 1977: District, p. 41; Grosshart Sanitarium, p. 38; Tate Brady House, p. 22.
