NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. 1. Name of Property Historic name: _Holland Hall Upper School______________________________________ Other names/site number: _N/A_____________________________________ Name of related multiple property listing: _________________N/A________________________________________ (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Location Street & number: __5666 East 81st Street _________________________________________ City or town: _Tulsa_________ State: ____OK________ County: ___Tulsa_________ Not For Publication: Vicinity: ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property _X_ meets ___ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: ___national ___statewide _X_local Applicable National Register Criteria: ___A ___B _X_C ___D Signature of certifying official/Title: Date ______________________________________________ State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official: Date Title : State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Holland Hall Upper School Tulsa County, OK Name of Property County and State ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) Private: X Public – Local Public – State Public – Federal Category of Property (Check only one box.) Building(s) X District Site Structure Object Sections 1-6 page 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Holland Hall Upper School Tulsa County, OK Name of Property County and State Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) Contributing Noncontributing ____ 2_______ ______2______ buildings _____________ ___________ __ sites _____1_______ ______2___ ___ structures _____________ _________ ____ objects ____ 3 ____ ______4 _____ Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register ___0_____ ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) EDUCATION/School__________________ RECREATION/Sports Facility___________ RELIGION/Religious Facility____________ LANDSCAPE/Parking Lot______________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) EDUCATION/School__________________ RECREATION/Sports Facility __________ RELIGION/Religious Facility____________ LANDSCAPE/Parking Lot __ ___________________ ___________________ Sections 1-6 page 3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Holland Hall Upper School Tulsa County, OK Name of Property County and State _____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) OTHER: American Regionalism__________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: __Brick, concrete_____________________ Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity.) ______________________________________________________________________________ Summary Paragraph The Holland Hall Upper School (1970) occupies the south portion of the Holland Hall campus at 5666 East 81st Street in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. Designed by Texas architect O’Neil Ford (Ford, Powell & Carson), the Upper School complex includes two contributing buildings (the Academic Building and the Gymnasium) and one contributing structure (the amphitheater), which were all completed in 1970. Although planned to be part of the initial construction phase, the associated All Saints Chapel was not built until 1978; this building is a non-contributing resource to the complex along with two parking lots (non-contributing structures) and a gymnasium annex built circa 2005 (non-contributing building). The three primary buildings (two contributing, one non-contributing) are two stories in height and feature tan brick cladding. The Academic Building and Gymnasium have flat roofs while the chapel has a pyramidal roof. Simple geometric masses organize the three buildings, which are sympathetically sited within the landscape. The concrete amphitheater sits at the center of the complex and utilizes the natural grade of the site. The Upper School complex retains its historic integrity from its 1970 period of significance and is an excellent example of Ford’s later career. Section 7 page 4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Holland Hall Upper School Tulsa County, OK Name of Property County and State ______________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description Setting The Holland Hall Upper School includes nearly five acres of the greater Holland Hall campus located in south Tulsa. The Holland Hall campus occupies just over one hundred sixty acres approximately nine miles southeast of downtown and two miles east of Oral Roberts University (Figure 1). Prior to construction, this area of Tulsa was just starting to develop; the land surrounding the Holland Hall acreage was mostly unimproved (Figure 2). Today, dense residential subdivisions surround the Holland Hall campus both on adjoining land sections in all directions and within its section to the west, south, and east (Figure 3). The Creek Turnpike (OK-364 Hwy), built circa 1990, is one mile south of the Holland Hall campus. The Holland Hall campus lies between two small hills to the west and east. The site of the Upper School near the south end of the campus gently slopes from west to east toward an intermittent creek, meandering north to south within Section 15 (Figure 4). Prior to construction of the Upper School, this site contained few trees while a dense mixture of mostly deciduous trees covered the adjacent hills (Figure 5); this condition remains today. Within the Holland Hall campus itself, trees dot the landscape at the north end near East 81st Street, define edges of parking areas, and surround buildings. The Holland Hall campus contains three primary building groupings that house the Primary, Middle, and Upper schools (Figure 3). The Upper School, the Walter Arts Center (circa 1995), and the Middle School (1981) align along a slight northeast axis. The Upper School, which includes the Academic Building, Gymnasium, and All Saints Chapel, is furthest south from East 81st Street, sited near the southwest corner of the campus. The circa 1995 Walter Arts Center sits adjacent to the north of All Saints Chapel. To the north of the Walter Arts Center is the Middle School cluster, whose first buildings opened in 1981. Athletic fields wrap around to the south and east of these buildings. Due east of the Middle School is the Primary School cluster, opened in 1976; a dense ribbon of trees separates the middle and primary school clusters. Two ball