Kenwood Historic District (Enid, Oklahoma)

Kenwood Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	North boundary is Oak, south is Maple, east is Washington, and west is Madison street, Enid, Oklahoma
Coordinates	36°24′3″N 97°53′0″W
Architect	R.W. Shaw, A.A. Crowell
Architectural style	Prairie School American Foursquares, Bungalow Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Shingle, Neoclassical, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.	04001328
Added to NRHP	2004

The Kenwood Historic District is located north west of downtown Enid, Oklahoma and is named for Kenwood Boulevard, a diagonal street created in 1894. The neighborhood encompasses 160 acres (0.65 km²) 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. 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. 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, and his brothers, Montgomery, William, and Edmund Frantz. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Scott Morrison 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.