The Highland Park Historic District [†] is significant as an example of a residential area developed between the mid 1910s and 1930s. This time period includes Ardmore’s boom years due to petroleum exploration and cotton production in surrounding areas.
The district is named after its additions. The district plats include the first Highland Park Addition, added between 1915 and 1920, and Highland Park Addition #2, added in 1920. By the early 1930s, most development in the area was complete. Within this potential district, large two-story homes built for wealthy and upper-middle-class Ardmoreites are found on the western portion of Stanley Avenue, designed predominantly in the Colonial Revival, Neoclassical and Tudor architectural styles. Smaller Craftsman bungalows and Colonial Revival style homes are found on Bixby, McLish, and the eastern portion of Stanley Avenue. Highland Park has retained the visual cohesiveness of its architectural styles, setbacks and landscaping. Approximately 50 percent of the residences have retained their original exterior finish of clapboard or brick, and approximately 75 percent of its historic resources have retained a sufficient degree of their integrity to contribute to this potential district.
The boundaries of this potential district are as follows: The west side of Commerce beginning 1⁄2 block south of Broadway and south to 1⁄2 block south of Stanley. Then due west to 250’ west of Sunset Boulevard. Then north to Sunland Drive. Then east to the east side of Sunset Boulevard. Then north to 1⁄2 block south of West Broadway. Then due east 600’. Then north 75’. Then east 100’. Then north 300’. Then east to the point of beginning.
&daggerl Ardmore, Oklahoma, Cuty of Ardmore Historic Preservation Plan, 2013, www.ardmorehp.org, accessed April, 2025.