National Register of Historic Places - Oklahoma (OK), Kay County

Kay County Oklahoma (Historic Districts) has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, One-hundred-and-one Ranch and Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, Newkirk Central Business District and Tipton, J.P., Farmstead.

Several famous people are associated with these Kay County historic places including Bill Pickett and Louis Haines Wentz.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Kay County places including Edmund Bidwell, Hoyland & Smith Pauley and Lenard H. Bailey. Prominent architectural styles found in Kay Country are Romanesque, Early Commercial and Bungalow/Craftsman.

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School (added 2006 - - #06000792)

US 77 and E0018 Rd. , Newkirk

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Pauley, Hoyland & Smith, Bidwell, Edmund

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Politics/Government, Education, Native American

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Defense, Education, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Arms Storage, Cemetery, Educational Related Housing, School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Downtown Ponca City Historic District (added 2011 - - #10001010)

Roughly bounded by Pine, Chestnut, 7th St, and Central Ave, Ponca City

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Early Commercial, Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Lake Ponca Duck Pond Historic District (added 2015 - - #15000872)

Ponca City, Ponca City

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Other

Period of Significance:

1925-1974 AD

Newkirk Central Business District (added 1984 - - #84003079)

Also known as Newkirk,Oklahoma Central Business District

Main and 7th Sts. , Newkirk

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Early Commercial, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution

One-hundred-and-one Ranch (added 1973 - - #73001560)

Also known as One-hundred-and-one Ranch Historic District

12 mi. SW of Ponca City on OK 156 , Ponca City

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event

Historic Person:

Pickett,Bill

Significant Year:

1892

Area of Significance:

Black, Agriculture, Commerce, Performing Arts

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Tipton, J.P., Farmstead (added 1998 - - #98000073)

3.1 mi. E of Newkirk , Newkirk

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Wentz Camp (added 2010 - - #10000620)

Intersection of L.A. Cann Dr and E. Prospect Ave., Ponca City

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bailey, Lenard H., et al.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Bungalow/Craftsman

Historic Person:

Wentz, Louis Haines

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Other, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949