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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]
In 1904, a railroad line owned by the Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (later known as Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway or Katy) from Oklahoma City reached Cleveland and crossed the Arkansas River into Osage County. On May 27, 1904, the first oil well was spudded near the community, and it caused an influx of oil workers and other people.
Noble is located along the southwest edge of Cleveland County. It is bordered to the north by Norman, to the east by Slaughterville, and to the west by the Canadian River, across which is McClain County. U.S. Route 77 passes through Noble, leading north 28 miles (45 km) to the center of Oklahoma City and south 11 miles (18 km) to Purcell.
Box was one of many communities that sprung up during the late 1800s in the southern portion of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States. [2] [3] [4] Box was the largest of these communities and was located east and south of Lexington, Oklahoma Territory. [4] [5] Not much remains there, besides the Box Cemetery. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Slaughterville is a town in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States, and located in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 4,163, a 0.6% increase from 2010. [4] The community is made up of mostly homes on acreages so it has retained a rural type of land use.
The Mullendore Mansion is a two-and-one-half-story Greek Revival structure in Cleveland, Oklahoma.Listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pawnee County, Oklahoma in 1984, it was built in 1910 on 16 acres (6.5 hectares) overlooking the Arkansas River by E. C. Mullendore, an influential Oklahoma rancher and banker, who used it as his home until his death in 1938.
Lexington is located in southern Cleveland County. It is bordered on the west by the Canadian River, which forms the McClain County line. The city of Purcell is directly across the river from Lexington, connected by U.S. Route 77. US 77 leads north from Lexington 16 miles (26 km) to Norman and 38 miles (61 km) to the center of Oklahoma City.
Kent Levaughn Harris (October 15, 1930 – April 9, 2019) [1] [2] [3] was an American songwriter and record producer, who is best known as the writer of novelty tunes such as "Shoppin' for Clothes" (a hit for The Coasters, credited to Harris, Leiber and Stoller),and "Cops and Robbers" (a hit for Bo Diddley, The Rolling Stones, George Thorogood) .