Bizzell Library, University of Oklahoma
United States historic place in Norman, Oklahoma. Added to the National Register in 2001, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Bizzell Memorial Library, known also as Bizzell Library, is a five-story brick structure located at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. It is an elaborate Collegiate Gothic or Cherokee Gothic building, designed by the architecture firm Layton Hicks & Forsyth and erected in 1928 during the administration of OU's fifth president, William Bennett Bizzell.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 401 W. Brooks St., Norman, OK |
| County | Cleveland County |
| Listed | Jan 3, 2001 |
| Reference number | 01000071 |
| Architect | Layton & Forsyth |
| Type of place | academic library, library building |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 401 W. Brooks St., Norman, OK |
| Website | libraries.ou.edu ↗ |
| Coordinates | 35.20753, -97.44604 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Oklahoma City National Memorial · 19 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Nearby in Cleveland County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 01000071. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.