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Gatewood
Gatewood
The largest historic district in the city, and the one people actually walk around in.
Platted
1922
Size
320 acres
Homes
Nearly 1,000
Between
Plaza District & Uptown
Typical range
Client to supply
The neighborhood
What it actually is.
At 320 acres, Gatewood is the largest historic district in Oklahoma City. It was platted in 1922 and sits between the Plaza District and Uptown 23rd, running roughly from Classen to Pennsylvania and NW 16th to NW 23rd. It holds close to a thousand homes.
The land was claimed in the Run of '89 and farmed before the city reached it. Most of what stands now went up during the 1920s oil boom, much of it built by G.A. Nichols. The neighborhood was also the original home of Epworth University, which became Oklahoma City University.
The houses
Craftsman bungalows are the backbone, with Prairie School, Colonial Revival, Neoclassical cottages, Tudor Revival, and Spanish-influenced homes throughout. Sizes run from around 800 square feet to 4,000, and the district splits into Gatewood East and Gatewood West, each separately recognized and each with its own development pattern.
Carey Place is the piece everyone knows: a strip originally reserved for a streetcar line, lined with Mediterranean and Spanish-influenced homes, and the center of the neighborhood's Halloween tradition.
What I tell buyers before they write an offer here
East and West are not the same market. They are separately recognized districts with different development histories. Know which one an address sits in before you compare it to anything.
This is the widest price range in the historic core. That is genuinely good news for a first-time buyer, and it means comparable sales require care. A number from three streets over may not apply to the house in front of you.
Walkability is the actual product. If you are paying the Gatewood premium and then driving everywhere, you bought the wrong neighborhood. Walk to the Plaza on a Friday evening before you decide.
Verify the renovation quality, not the finish quality. A lot of stock here has been flipped. Ask what was replaced, when, and by whom, and ask for the permits.
Scope the sewer line, and check for knob-and-tube remnants in anything that has not been fully rewired.
Multi-family exists here too. Confirm legal use before you underwrite an income number.
Living here.
Gatewood is the most walkable neighborhood in Oklahoma City, and residents will tell you that before you have finished asking. The Plaza District on one side, Uptown 23rd on the other, Gatewood Elementary serving the neighborhood since 1927, an annual home tour, and Carey Place at Halloween.
Who it suits
Buyers who want to walk to dinner and mean it
First-time buyers who want a historic home and a reachable price
People who want neighbors they will actually know