These sites are in northern Oklahoma.
The John and Hazel Adams House in Vinita was designed by famed architect Bruce Goff and built in 1961. The space features gray limestone, concrete walls, and recessed triangular windows. Goff is known for his eclectic style of design and has other works throughout the state. .
One of the other new sites is outside of Jay, Oklahoma in Delaware County — the Delaware School, District No. 64. The Oklahoma Historical Society said in their announcement that the school is an “excellent example of a rural school house built of local limestone.”
The school was constructed in 1930 by a local builder and five years later acquired an addition with support from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. Students last attended school in the building in 1963 when the district was consolidated into a neighboring, larger district.
The third new historic site is located in Ponca City. The site is known as Dr. William A. T. and Lillian House Robertson. The space was built in 1907 and is a “significant example of the Dutch neocolonial style,” according to OHS. The city led efforts to build similar apartments there during the early years of the state’s oil boom.
By receiving this designation, sites now enjoy more popularity and secure protection. Being designated as a historic site puts the site on the country’s official list of “important properties of our past. “