Districts in the National Register of Historic Places
White City Historic District
- Classification
- White City is a well-defined residential area, under predominantly private ownership, located east of the Central Business District.
- Boundaries
- North: 2nd Street
East: Fulton Avenue/Frisco RR Tracks
South: 11th Street
West: Yale Avenue - Subdivisions
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Plat No. Plat Date Bowlin Acres 1358 7/7/47 Sanford 1205 4/18/42 White City 770 1/27/26 White City 2nd 1335 4/10/47 - Section Township Range
- Sec. 3, T19N, R13E
- Description
The White City Historic District is located four miles east of Tulsa’s Central Business District. The district is dominated by two related architectural styles. The two styles correspond to the two main periods of the neighborhood’s development. During the district’s first period of development, from about 1926 to 1930, Tudor Revival style houses dominated. Of the 480 buildings in the district, 149 are classified as Tudor Revival. Generally constructed of brick, these houses have a steep pitched roof with a facade dominated by one or more prominent cross gables. Although garages are commonly identified with this style of houses, they are frequently detached but possessing similar construction material and decorative detail to the main property. This style of houses, loosely derived from historical antecedents, was popular nationally from about 1890 to 1940.
The second dominate architectural style within the White City Historic District is the Minimal Traditional style which is related to the Tudor Revival style. The Minimal Traditional style has been called “…a simplified form loosely based on the previously dominant Tudor Revival style of the 1920s and 1930s.” Also frequently constructed of brick, Minimal Traditional houses are characterized by a dominant front gable, low or intermediate pitched roof and minimum decorative detailing. Further, although detached garages were constructed in conjunction with this style of home, many examples have attached garages. This Modern style of houses was popular nationally from about 1935 to the present. The construction of Minimal Traditional style houses in the White City Historic District corresponds to this period, with the greatest activity occurring during the second period of significant development in the neighborhood. Total, 218 houses were constructed in the Minimal Traditional style in White City. Other styles present in the White City Historic District include Modern Movement, Ranch, Colonial Revival, Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival and Bungalow/Craftsman. Several buildings, usually commercial buildings, are also attributed as having No Distinctive Style due to a lack of architectural feature and ornamental detailing.
- White City was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 14, 2001 under National Register criteria A and C. Its NRIS number is 01000663.
- » Complete Statement of Historic Significance
- Period
- Primary Residential Construction: 1926-1951
- Representation in Existing Surveys
- National Register of Historic Places — June 14, 2001
- Intensive Level Survey — 1999
- Reconnaissance Survey — September, 1991