The Ardmore Historic Commercial District, in

Ardmore, Oklahoma Ardmore is the county seat of Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. According to the 2010 census, the city had a population of 24,283, with an estimated population of 24,698 in 2019. The Ardmore micropolitan statistical area had an estimated ...

, is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

which was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1983. The district includes 97 "major structures", in total having 133

contributing buildings In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

. It runs along Main St. from the former Santa Fe railroad tracks to B St., N. Washington from Main to 2nd Ave., NE., and Caddo from Main to the northern side of 2nd Ave., NE. It includes: *the U.S. Courthouse Building at 200-202 W. Main, a two-story red brick building designed by architect C.E.Troutman, built 1896–1898. *Masonic Temple Building at northwest corner of Main and Washington Streets, built 1896–1898, a three-story red brick Victorian Romanesque building, with limestone and brick detailing. With Ardmore has an Ardmore Main Street Authority, one of the various Main Street programs which act in the interests of commercial district revitalization.

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* Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma National Register of Historic Places in Carter County, Oklahoma Victorian architecture in Oklahoma Neoclassical architecture in Oklahoma Ardmore, Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-NRHP-stub