29 N Washington - Ardmore Historic Commercial District - Ardmore, OK - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

The National Register's Registration Form (see Optional link) dates this beautiful 1915 Classical Revival post office building to 1915, and provides some background:

This two story red brick and light stone corner building has a flat roof. It has a parapet wall with stone balustrades that rest on a stone belt course. The parapet is separated from the façade by classical entablature with architrave, dentil course and frieze. There is stepped stone string course and frieze between the first and second floors, a stone string course at the base of the windows. A large stone water table and base with the string courses create strong horizontality. The façade is divided into three bays by two wide pilasters. The central bay has three large basket-arched windows with stone balustrades which integrate into a stone string course at the top as well as at the bottom. The windows provide verticality to the building and are three-over-eight, with windows in the arches. The arches are framed by rows of header and soldier bricks springing from stone squares. The keystones at the arch are scrolled. The central bay contains the entry doors which are approached up stone steps. The entry doors are glazed, metal and paired with glass panels above. The entry is surrounded by stone and is flanked by a window on each side, also with a stone frame. The windows are metal, two-over-seven fixed. The end bays are identical with each containing windows with one a two-over-five metal frame with a stone sill, and beneath it, a two-over-six metal window that has a classical pediment resting on scrolls. The larger window is framed in stone, and has a frieze below the sill which is part of a stone string course. The façades of the street bays have two-over-seven metal windows with a splayed brick lintels and stone keystones. Other decorative details include rounded building corners which are also repeated with embellishment in the stone entablature. The building is now a federal building and a new post office is constructed outside the district.

Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Ardmore Historic Commercial District Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link] NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): [Web Link] Address: 29 N Washington St, Ardmore, OK 73401 How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Narrative found on the internet (Link provided below) Optional link to narrative or database: [Web Link]

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