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The History of Oakland Historic District

Also known as See Also:Tweed, Judge Charles Austin, House 
Roughly bounded by Fillmore St., 19th Ave., Van Buren St. and Grand Ave., Phoenix 
(840 acres, 244 buildings)
Historic Significance:  Event  
Area of Significance:  Community Planning And Development  
Period of Significance:  1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Historic Function:  Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture  
Historic Sub-function:  Business, Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling  
Current Function:  Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture  
Current Sub-function:  Business, Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling 

Information, maps and photographs provided courtesy:
Historic Preservation Office of the City of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department
200 West Washington Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85003
602-261-8699

Phoenix in the Earl Twentieth Century
By 1910, the population of the Valley had doubled since the turn-of-the-century to over 10,000 residents. By the 1920s, Phoenix was experiencing significant economic growth, transforming itself from a primarily agricultural region to a retail and industrial center. Phoenix' increased population strengthened its tax base, and municipal services were quickly added that shaped Phoenix into a city. Sewer lines were laid, roads were widened and paved, and businesses of all types located in the city. This period of rapid expansion prompted early real estate companies and speculators to experiment with planned subdivisions. These developments offered affordable homes, based on popular styles with efficient house plans, designed to attract the working-class Phoenician with their "easy payment plans." The Oakland District represents the development cycle that was typical of many of the early residential developments in Phoenix.

Homestead Place
In 1885, a plat was recorded for a parcel of land owned by Justice Charles A. Weed. Surveyed by William A. Hancock, the man who had platted the original Phoenix townsite, Weed's Subdivision, as it was originally known, occupied the area bounded by Fillmore Street, 15th Avenue, Van Buren Street and 19th Avenue. Weed's Subdivision consisted of four square parcels, each divided into eight five-acre farm lots. A portion of the area was also the first location of the Phoenix Country Club. In 1909, the southern parcels were replatted into four subdivisions, Capitol Place, Oakland, Westlawn and East Oakland. Collectively known as Homestead Place, the area was subdivided to residential lots and developed over the years 1910 to 1937.

Establishment of the Oakland Neighborhood
The first of the areas to be subdivided was the Capitol Addition in 1909, followed by Oakland in 19 10, and Westlawn in 1911. East Oakland was not developed until 1925, when the housing demand in Phoenix had increased. The Oakland area, which forms the core of the Oakland Historic District, was platted by the Phoenix Realty Company with 133 lots. In 1914, the new firm of Homebuilders, Inc. constructed fourteen homes in the Oakland subdivision. Homebuilders was one of the first builders involved in speculative residential construction. The firm was established in 19 10 by two realtors, Green and Griffen, to build homes on the lots they subdivided. No other homes were constructed in the area until after the completion of Cave Creek Dam in 1923.

The dam removed the threat of seasonal flooding of Cave Creek, allowing the area of Phoenix west of 15th Avenue to be successfully developed for the first time. Due both to the growth of local industry and commercial activity and the accompanying population growth in Phoenix, the neighborhood continued to grow. By 1938, the Oakland neighborhood was occupied by small Bungalows or Period Revival Style houses and palm trees had been planted along the major streets.

Historic Association of Oakland
The Santa Fe Railroad line and other industries located west of 19th Avenue, adjacent to the Oakland neighborhood, significantly influenced the residential population. Most of the residents worked at the railroad yard, or in several related industries located at the western edge of the area. The construction of the Standard Oil I Company warehouse at 19th Avenue, south of Fillmore Street in 1914, initiated development of the area as an industrial corridor. Valley Lumber and the Capitol Foundry followed soon after. The Santa Fe Railroad subsequently developed its maintenance yard and round house on the west side of 19th Avenue north of Fillmore Street. The size of the railroad operation made the railroad the largest employer of Oakland residents.

Architecture in Oakland
Modestly scaled Bungalow and Spanish Colonial Revival houses typical of the prevailing architectural styles of the 1920s dominate the Oakland District. The Bungalows in Oakland are characterized by broad porches and gable roofs and are often of brick construction. Most of the Bungalows in Oakland were constructed from 1914 through 1925. After that time, the Spanish Colonial Revival Styles emerged as the prevalent style in the Oakland District. Spanish Colonial Revival houses are typically stucco construction with flat or low pitched red tile roofs and arched door and window openings.

Significance of the Oakland Neighborhood
The Oakland Historic District is important as one of the few remaining historic neighborhoods in downtown Phoenix. Its architecture and development patterns are typical of working class neighborhoods that flourished around central Phoenix after the turn of the century. The Oakland neighborhood is historically important for its strong associations with the Southern Pacific Railroad and other industrial concerns that were important to the economic development of Phoenix in the early twentieth century. Architecturally, the Oakland Historic District illustrates the major historic architectural styles that were once prevalent in Phoenix and the character of the historic neighborhoods in Phoenix from the early twentieth century.

 

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