Riverview in Tulsa in Tulsa County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)
Carlton Place Historic District
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 9, 2025
1. Carlton Place Historic District Marker
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States Department of the Interior
Platted 1909
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Notable Places. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1919.
Location. 36° 8.542′ N, 95° 59.445′ W. Marker is in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in Tulsa County. It is in Riverview. It is at the intersection of South Carson Avenue and West 14th Street, on the right when traveling south on South Carson Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1402 S Carson Ave, Tulsa OK 74119, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Oklahoma’s Muscogee Nation and specifically in the Cherokee Nation. It is also in the American South, specifically on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Hotel Ambassador (approx. 0.2 miles away); Sophian Plaza (approx. 0.3 miles away); Cathedral Square (approx. 0.3 miles away); ClintonHardy House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Moore Manor (approx. 0.4 miles away); 10th Street & Main Street (approx. 0.4 miles away); Bishop's Driv-Inn (approx. 0.4 miles away); Creek Nation Council Oak Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tulsa.
Regarding Carlton Place Historic District. Excerpts from the National Register nomination:
The district covers one-and-one-half blocks of the original three block Carlton Place Addition, filed in the Tulsa County Courthouse on September 13, 1909. The historic buildings in the east half of the original addition have been demolished with large parking lots and commercial buildings taking their place; as such, none of the historic residential character of that portion of the addition remains. However, the extant part of the neighborhood forms a cohesive group of predominately Prairie Schooland Bungalow/Craftsman style homes, built between 1910 and 1915.Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 8, 20252. Carlton Place Historic District Marker
On September 13, 1909, the Carlton Place Addition plat was filed at the Tulsa County Courthouse by the Magee Investment Company. As president of the development company and namesake of the addition, Carl C. Magee was the apparent primary in the development of the Carlton Place Addition. In his business transactions, Magee preferred to use "Carl" rather than his full given name of "Carlton."
As a small addition of less than ten acres, the opening of the Carlton Place Addition did not merit noticeable attention in the Tulsa newspapers. The addition, however, proved immediately popular with three of the extant houses being constructed by 1910. The following year, an additional four existing houses were occupied with four more being built in 1912. Nineteen-thirteen proved to a banner year for the addition's development with eleven of the remaining homes being constructed. Construction then fell to seven existing homes in 1914 and just three the following year. As revealed on the 1915 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, the Carlton Place Addition was essentially complete withinsix years of its platting.Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 9, 20253. View of Carlton Place Historic DistrictLooking south on South Carson Avenue, the neighborhood's main street. The majority of the subdivision's houses were built on this street between 1910 and 1915.
The Carlton Place Historic District is significant as an excellent example of a small, upper middle class neighborhood that developed during an important period in Tulsa's history. Tulsa's development during the first half of the twentieth century relied on the nearby discovery of oil and the location of many oil-related industries and businesses in the community. Although Carlton Place does not contain any of the mansions of the oil barons, it is an excellent example of the close-in upper middle class neighborhoods that developed in response to the excellent, booming economic conditions in Tulsa during the 1910s.
Also see . . . Carlton Place Historic District (PDF). National Register nomination for the district, which was listed in 2007. (Prepared by Cynthia Savage; via National Park Service) (Submitted on May 13, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 9, 2025
4. Carlton Place Historic District Entrance
This entrance gate at South Carson Avenue/West 14th Street is the only one that remains. It is missing a metal arch that spanned above the street between the two gateposts. The arch, which had letters that spelled 'Carlton Place', was knocked down by a moving truck.
Scripps-Howard News (November, 1927) via Google Books (Public Domain), circa 1927
5. Carlton Cole "Carl" Magee (1872-1946)
After overseeing the development of Carlton Place, he became a crusading newspaper editor who was instrumental in exposing the Teapot Dome political corruption scandal in the 1920s. He also later conceived and developed the first practical parking meter.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 13, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 169 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 13, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
