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Oklahoma City Civic Center, Bounded by N. Shartel Avenue to the West, N. Hudson Avenue to the East, Couch Drive to the North, and Colcord Drive to the South, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK

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Oklahoma City Civic Center, Bounded by N. Shartel Avenue to the West, N. Hudson Avenue to the East, Couch Drive to the North, and Colcord Drive to the South, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK

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Summary

Drawings 1-3 are copyright and are deposited in the field notes.
Significance: The plan for the Civic Center Complex was included in the first and last completed comprehensive city plan for Oklahoma City that was influenced by the City Beautiful Movement. The plan, created by the landscape architecture firm Hare and Hare of Kansas City, Missouri in 1930, was implemented during the years of the Great Depression and relied upon several New Deal programs for funding and labor. Among the new deal programs that aided in the site construction were the Public Work's Administration, the Civil Works Administration, and the Works Project Administration. After its completion, the Civic Center served as an important cultural destination for Oklahoma City residents; the same remains true today.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N20
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N31
Survey number: HALS OK-9
Building/structure dates: after. 1930- before. 1937 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: after. 2001- before. 2008 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 07000521, 16000850

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Date

1930 - 1939
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Contributors

Historic American Landscapes Survey, creator
Hare and Hare Landscape Architects
Public Works Administration
Civil Works Administration
Works Project Administration
City Beautiful Movement
Warner, John DeWitt
Dunn, W. H.
Kessler, George E.
Howard-Fairbairn Landscape Architects
Leider, Charles, faculty sponsor
Stevens, Christopher M, transmitter
Oklahoma State University, Landscape Architecture Program, sponsor
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Location

Oklahoma City (Okla.)35.46756, -97.51643
Google Map of 35.4675602, -97.5164276
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Source

Library of Congress
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Copyright info

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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