Tree-lined. Beautiful. Safe. Trendy. Full of history and character. Relaxing. Eye-pleasing. Close to everything. It's no wonder Oklahoma City's historic neighborhoods are so attractive. Here's a sampling.
CROWN HEIGHTS
Crown Heights is an attractive Historic Preservation District consisting of homes dating from the 30s. Once known as “Pill Hill” due to the large percentage of physicians in the neighborhood, Crown Heights actually began its life as the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club, but was sold to developer G.A. Nichols (also of the eponymous Nichols Hills to the north) and divided into housing lots. Today, the mix of Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, Mission-Spanish, Monterey, French Eclectic, Minimal Traditional and Art Deco styles combine with characteristic landscaping and a trendy location (bordering Western Avenue shopping and dining, near Asian District , midtown, downtown) to create one of Oklahoma City’s premier historic neighborhoods.
-price/ footage source: (http://www.paulaandcompany.com/Oklahoma_City/Home_Additions/Crown_Heights/)
EDGEMERE PARK
One of the first “planned unit developments” west of the Mississippi, Edgemere park was developed starting in 1926 and consists of Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival and Spanish Eclectic-style homes surrounding a park and creek bed. Nestled in gently rolling hills, the streets of the neighborhood follow the natural contours of the local topography, reflecting the philosophy of the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead.
price/ footage source: http://www.trulia.com/sold/9399_nh/
MESTA PARK / HERITAGE HILLS
Home to many of Oklahoma City’s founding elite, the neighborhoods just north of downtown, Mesta Park and Heritage Hills, are among the first Historic Preservation Districts in the state. With development starting just after the turn of the century, these neighborhoods feature a wealth of local history and intrigue, with the Overholser Mansion (Heritage Hills), one of the finest house museums in the world, and home of the legendary Perle Mesta (Mesta Park) joining the former Georgian “Oil Mansions,” Prairie School / Foursquare, and Craftsman-style homes typical of the area.
-price/ footage source: Trulia.com (*note: some residences can be much larger / more expensive, more than $1.75 million / 10,000 square feet typical of some of the grander homes)
More info on Oklahoma City's Historic Preservation Districts can be found at http://www.okc.gov/planning/hp/index.html.