Tulsa Rose Garden, Twenty-first & Peoria, Tulsa, Tulsa County, OK
Summary
1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry
Significance: It is between Woodward Park and the Tulsa Garden Center at 21st and Peoria, it is a 4 1/2 acre garden in a series of 6 terraces. The style of the garden is Italian Renaissance and the 6 terraces begin at street level on Peoria Avenue and rise up a gentle slope back almost 850 feet. The garden was constructed in 1934 by the WPA using hand labor and teams of horses. It was designed by C. Burton Fox, landscape architect and was completed by 1935 with the first plantings occurring in that same year...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N637
Survey number: HABS OK-61
Building/structure dates: 1934- 1935 Initial Construction
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Tags
gardens
municipal government
garden clubs
ecology
east tulsa
tulsa
rose
tulsa rose garden
twenty first
peoria
tulsa county
oklahoma
sara beth crawford
c burton fox
historic american buildings survey
charles leider
oklahoma state university landscape architecture program
jeff w pugh
corby l rust
works progress administration
architecture
building plans
architectural diagrams
library of congress
Date
1935 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Works Progress Administration
Fox, C Burton
Leider, Charles, faculty sponsor
Pugh, Jeff W, field team
Crawford, Sara Beth, field team
Rust, Corby L, field team
Oklahoma State University Landscape Architecture Program, sponsor
Location
East Tulsa
,
36.15398, -95.99278
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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