Cooper Building, Eufaula, OK
**Cooper, C. L., Building** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 85000684, date listed 3/22/1985
5B and Harrison
Eufaula, OK (McIntosh County)
The C.L. Cooper Building is historically significant because: (1) it is the only remaining commercial building associated with the black business district of Eufaula, Oklahoma and (2) its historic association with Dr. C.L. Cooper, the first and only black physician in Eufaula from ca. 1908 to mid-1930s.
Prior to statehood in 1907, approximately 8,000 blacks moved into Oklahoma and Indian Territories seeking homesteads. Moreover, the all-black towns in Oklahoma resulted in additional black migration. Three of the twenty-nine all-black towns were located in McIntosh County (Rentiesville, Vernon, and North Fork). The population of Eufaula has remained relatively stable hovering around 2,000-2,500 inhabitants from 1910 to present with roughly 15 percent of that total being black residents. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...
Cooper Building, Eufaula, OK
**Cooper, C. L., Building** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 85000684, date listed 3/22/1985
5B and Harrison
Eufaula, OK (McIntosh County)
The C.L. Cooper Building is historically significant because: (1) it is the only remaining commercial building associated with the black business district of Eufaula, Oklahoma and (2) its historic association with Dr. C.L. Cooper, the first and only black physician in Eufaula from ca. 1908 to mid-1930s.
Prior to statehood in 1907, approximately 8,000 blacks moved into Oklahoma and Indian Territories seeking homesteads. Moreover, the all-black towns in Oklahoma resulted in additional black migration. Three of the twenty-nine all-black towns were located in McIntosh County (Rentiesville, Vernon, and North Fork). The population of Eufaula has remained relatively stable hovering around 2,000-2,500 inhabitants from 1910 to present with roughly 15 percent of that total being black residents. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...