OKLAHOMA LANDMARKS INVENTORY
Home
backQuery Page
Previous Search Results
1.Property Name NORMAN WPA DRAINAGE DITCH
2.Resource Name
3.Address BEGINS AT INTERSECTION OF MAIN & CARTER, S ON CARTER TO COMANCHE, SW ON COMANCHE...
4.City NORMAN
5.Vicinity
6. County Cleveland
7.Lot
8.Block 41,42,48,49,54,59
9.Plat Name ORIGINAL TOWNSITE
10.Section
11.Township
12.Range
13a.Latitude (North) 0
13b.Longitude (West) 0
14a.UTM Zone
14b.Northings
14c.Eastings
15.Resource Type Structure
16.Historic Function Public Works
17.Current Function Public Works
18.Area of significance, Primary ENGINEERING
19.Area of significance, Secondary NO DATA
20.Description of Significance
21.Document Resource NORMAN TRANSCRIPT, 4 SEPTEMBER 1935, 18 JUNE ,20 JULY 1936 (FROM NORMAN CITY PARK NEW DEAL RESOURCES HISTORIC DISTRICT FILE AT THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE)
22.Name of the Preparer ANNA EDDINGS
23.Survey Project NO  Project Name:
24.Date of Preparation 5/17/05
25.Photographs Yes      Year:  2005
26. Architect/Builder UNKNOWN
27. Year Built 1936
28.Original Site Yes  Date Moved:
From Where
29.Accessible Yes
30.Architectural Style No Data
Other Architectural Style Not Applicable
31.Foundation Material NO DATA
32.Roof Type
33.Roof Material NO DATA
34.Wall Material (Primary) NO DATA
35.Wall Material (Secondary) NO DATA
36.Window Type
37.Window Material NO DATA
38.Door Type
39.Door Material NO DATA
40.Exterior Features
41.Interior Features
42.Decorative Details
43.Condition of Resource Good (very well maintained)
44.Description of Resource THIS DRAINAGE DITCH IS 8'WIDE; ITS BOTTOM IS LINED WIHT CONCRETE, AND TIS SIDES ARE LINED WITH UNCUT, UN-COURSED STONE IN MORTAR. A FEW OCCASIONAL SMALL, MORTAR-AND-STONE-LINED CHANNELS ON THE GROUND SURFACE CARRY RUNOFF INTO THE MAIN CHANNEL.
45.Comments A NORMAN TRANSCRIPT ARTICLE ON 20 JULY 1936 STATED THAT A CITY OF NORMAN WPA PROJECT FOR DRAINAGE DITCHES HAD BEEN APPROVED. AN EARLIER ARTICLE ON 18 JUNE 1936 HAD DESCRIBED THIS PROJECT AS A RIP-RAPPING TWO DRAINAGE DITCHES WITH NATIVE STONE AND CEMENT. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER THIS ARTICLE REFERS TO THIS PARTICULAR DRAINAGE DITCH.
46.Placement
47.Listed on National Register No Data
Continuation: ADRESS: ACROSS COCKRELL, TO STEWART, SE ON STEWART TO MID-BLOCK, SW TO CENTER OF BLOCK 49 (ORIGINAL TOWNSITE), THEN SE THROUGH BLOCK 49, ACROSS EUFAULA, TO MIDDLE OF BLOCK 48, THEN SW THROUGH BLOCK 48, ACROSS FINDLEY, TO MIDDLE OF BLOCK 41, THEN SE THROUGH BLOCK 41, ACROSS SYMMES, THROUGH BLOCK 42 TO APACHE.DESCRIPTION OF RESOURCE: SMALL CONCRETE-SLAB BRIDGES CARRY SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS OVER THE DRAINAGE DITCH. ANOTHER STONE-AND-CONCRETE-LINED DRAINAGE DITCH JOINS THIS ONE IN BLOCK 41. BEGINNING AND THE DITCH'S INTERSECTION WITH SYMMES, ITS WALLS BECOME HIGHER AND ARE LINED WITH CONCRETE BLOCKS ABOVE THE STONE; THERE CONTINUES TO BE A MIX OF STONE AND CONCRETE BLOCKS IN THE BLOCK BETWEEN SYMMES AND APACHE, THEN IT BECOMES ALL CONCRETE BLOCK SE OF APACHE.
National Register Entry No Data
Date Updated (mm/dd/yyyy) 2/27/2018 3:45:39 PM