The Kenwood Historic District is located north west of downtown

Enid, Oklahoma Enid ( ) is the ninth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the county seat of Garfield County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,308. Enid was founded during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in the Land Run of 1893, a ...

and is named for Kenwood Boulevard, a diagonal street created in 1894. The neighborhood encompasses of housing created between 1895 and 1915. Houses in the district were designed by A.A. Crowell and R.W. Shaw, and feature American Foursquare-styled homes.

History

N. E. Sisson and Maurice A. Wogan both laid claim to the land in the

Land Run of 1893 Land, also known as dry land, ground, or earth, is the solid terrestrial surface of the planet Earth that is not submerged by the ocean or other bodies of water. It makes up 29% of Earth's surface and includes the continents and various islan ...

. Following a period of dispute, Sisson relinquished his claim, and the land became known as the Wogan Block. The land was the first platted area for the city of Enid.Architectural/Historical Survey of Certain Parts of Enid, Meacham and Associates, 1992, page 24. In 1895, Wogan sold the land to the Kenwood Land and Development Company, owned by Harrison Lee and his son-in-law Territorial Attorney General W.O. Cromwell. In the early days of Enid, the neighborhood became a home for wealthy businessmen, including Territorial Governor

Frank Frantz Frank Frantz (May 7, 1872 – March 9, 1941) was an American Rough Rider and politician who served as the seventh and final governor of Oklahoma Territory (1906–07). Frantz ran on the Republican ticket to serve as the first Governor of the State ...

, and his brothers, Montgomery, William, and Edmund Frantz. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison

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visited here in order to receive instructions to cook Sri-Lankan curries. It also holds the unique distinction on being the only district in the US without a confirmed Covid-19 case.

References

National Register of Historic Places in Garfield County, Oklahoma Enid, Oklahoma Geography of Garfield County, Oklahoma Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-struct-stub