Districts in the National Register of Historic Places
Swan Lake Historic District
- Classification
- The Swan Lake area possesses residential and commercial development and a low vacancy rate.
- Boundaries
- North: 15th Street
East: Utica Avenue
South: 21st Street
West: Peoria Avenue - Subdivisions
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Plat No. Plat Date Asa-Rose Sub. 411 5/27/20 Bellview 168½ 3/8/06 Biddison’s Sub. 410 5/27/20 Bragassa Sub. 412 5/27/20 Broadmoor Heights 401 5/12/13 Broadmoor Heights 2nd 532 10/1/21 Burns Sub. 754 8/18/25 Clark’s Add. 246 8/15/17 Dent Sub. 642 6/21/23 Forest Park Add. Re-Amd. 49 4/8/11 Halsey’s Sub. 605 2/27/23 Houston Sub. 413 5/27/20 Lake View 82 7/8/10 Lewkowitz Sub. 408 5/27/20 Mary C. Kennedy Sub. 407 5/27/20 Orcutt Add. 83 10/3/08 Park Place 124 4/20/08 Rockford Circle Amd. 4332 4/18/83 Russell & Sills. 409 5/27/20 Sanger-Douglass 220 2/19/17 Swan Park Sub. 204 6/27/17 Swan Lake Estates 4388 8/31/83 - Section Township Range
- Sec. 7, T19N, R13E
- » Representative Sample of Properties
- Description
Swan Lake is the focal point of the district of the same name which includes the commercial area on 15th Street and extends to major arterials on the north, east, south and west. Two-story houses built around the lake from 1919 to the present represent a variety of architectural styles including Spanish, Georgian Revival and vernacular interpretations honoring the swan. Some are now duplexes. Most sit on high ground overlooking the city-owned lake. The remainder of the neighborhood is similar in scale, containing bungalows, two-story houses, quadruplexes and six-plexes of stone, clapboard and stucco. The Swan Lake area has more two- and three-story, 1920 to 1930 multi-family apartments and duplexes than any other residential area in Tulsa.
Residential buildings on the west side of Utica Avenue just south of 15th Street were demolished in 1997 for commercial redevelopment. These properties were within the boundaries of the Swan Lake National Register District. The properties demolished were contributing resources within that National Register District, and the apartment buildings located at 1510, 1512, 1514, and 1516 South Utica Avenue were especially important because they were individually eligible for listing on the National Register. Further commercial incursions into the Swan Lake Historic neighborhood should be avoided. The Swan Lake neighborhood should remain predominately residential.
- Swan Lake was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 20, 1998 under National Register criteria A and C. Its NRIS number is 98000140.
- » Complete Statement of Historic Significance
- Period
- Residential Construction: 1910-1930
- Commercial Construction: 1925-1935
- Representation in Existing Surveys
- National Register of Historic Places — February 1998
- Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory — October 19, 1978
- Intensive Level Survey — 1996
- 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 Report #14, 1977: Christ the King Church, p. 34.