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

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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1930 - 1939

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