National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
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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. Name of Property Historic name: Oxford Downtown Historic District________________________________ Other names/site number: ______________________________________ Name of related multiple property listing: N/A___________________________________________________________ (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing ____________________________________________________________________________ Location Street & number: Washington Street/Michigan-24 and Burdick Street_________________ City or town: Oxford____________ State: MI____________ County: Oakland__________ Not For Publication: Vicinity: __________________________________________ __________________________________ State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under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: _x__A ___B _x__C ___D Signature of certifying official/Title: Date ______________________________________________ State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property x meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official: Date Title : State Historic Preservation Officer 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 Oxford Downtown Historic District Oakland, MI Name of Property County and State ______________________________________________________________________________ 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 ____________________________________________________________________________ Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) Private: x Public – Local x Public – State Public – Federal Category of Property (Check only one box.) Building(s) District x 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 Oxford Downtown Historic District Oakland, MI Name of Property County and State Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) Contributing Noncontributing _ 34________ _____7________ buildings _ 1________ _____1______ sites _ ___________ _____3________ structures _ 2________ _____7________ objects _ 37________ ____18________ Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register _0________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) COMMERCE/TRADE: business, professional, bank, department store, restaurant SOCIAL: meeting hall RECREATION AND CULTURE: park, monument/marker LANDSCAPE: city park EDUCATION: library HEALTH CARE: medical office Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) COMMERCE/TRADE: business, professional, bank, department store, restaurant EDUCATION: school district offices RECREATION AND CULTURE: park, monument/marker LANDSCAPE: park, monument/marker ___________________ ___________________ 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 Oxford Downtown Historic District Oakland, MI Name of Property County and State _____________________________________________________________________________ Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) Late Victorian: Italianate, Queen Anne Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival, Neo-Classical Revival Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Commercial Style Modern Movement: Art Deco, Moderne, Modernistic Other: Mansard Revival, Commercial Brick ___________________ Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: Brick, stone, limestone, weatherboard, plywood, wood shingle, stucco, concrete, glass, vinyl________________________ 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 Oxford Downtown Historic District is the commercial nucleus of the one-square-mile Village of Oxford. The village is located in Oxford Township, in northeast Oakland County, approximately thirteen miles northeast of the county seat, Pontiac. The downtown is bisected by state highway M-24, locally known as Washington Street. M-24 is a major trunkline road that provides access to I-75 and Pontiac area/suburban Detroit to the south; and I-69 and further north to Michigan’s thumb region. The historic district is centered on approximately two commercial blocks of Washington Street, and includes two commercial buildings that front on the major east- west cross street, Burdick Street. The district includes forty-four buildings, and one site, as well as associated structures and objects, all of which date from circa 1880 to the present time. Eighty percent of the resources were constructed during the period of significance of 1876-1968, beginning with the earliest extant buildings; many of which were constructed after the arrival of the Detroit and Bay City Railroad (1872); and passage of the village charter (1876) when the village came into its own as a commercial center; and ends fifty years ago. The buildings range from one to three stories in height and embody a range of architectural styles, including: Italianate, Queen Anne, Neo Classical, Art Deco, Colonial Revival, and influences of mid- century modern movements. The predominant function of the district buildings is commercial, although historically, there were social and governmental uses as well. Naturally, alterations to 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 Oxford Downtown Historic District Oakland, MI Name of Property County and State the buildings and resources have occurred, however the resources cumulatively retain the aspects of integrity necessary to convey significance with commerce, social organizations, and architecture. ______________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description The village of Oxford covers a one-square mile area within Oxford Township, in northeast Oakland County.1 The village has a population of 3,436, with an additional 20,526 people living in the surrounding township.2 The village and township are among the northern-most metropolitan Detroit suburbs, located approximately thirteen miles northeast of Pontiac, the Oakland county seat, and thirty-five miles north of Detroit. Adjacent towns include Lake Orion, three miles south with a population of 2,973; Rochester and Rochester Hills, thirteen miles southeast and a combined population of 83,706; and Lapeer, fourteen miles north and a population 8,841. The landscape surrounding the village was historically rural and largely occupied by agricultural fields. In the mid-twentieth century, the area surrounding Oxford experienced a wave of suburbanization with housing developments spread between wooded areas; a pattern of development which has continued into the early twenty-first century. Active gravel pits are located north of the village limits. The Oxford Downtown Historic District is comprised of the extant historic resources within the commercial center of the village. The downtown area is concentrated on two roads, North and South Washington Street (M-24) and East and West Burdick Street. Washington Street is essentially north/south, but within