Cherry Street is a commercial and residential district in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The neighborhood is just south of Downtown and is anchored by East 15th Street as its main thoroughfare. It is bounded by South Harvard Avenue to the east, South Peoria Avenue to the west, and roughly bounded by East 13th Street to the north and East 17th Street to the south. U.S. Route64 cuts through the northern end of the neighborhood.
The area encompasses seven city blocks and contains many historic buildings. It is one of the city's most popular entertainment districts, known for a variety of restaurants, stores boutiques, and offices along East 15th Street, with residential streets surrounding it.[1]
History
The Cherry Street name can be found on the original city plat maps dating to 1906. In 1907, the city introduced an ordinance adjusting its grid plan, designating east–west thoroughfares as numbered streets and formally changing Cherry Street to W 15th Street.[2]
Notable features along East 15th Street include Kilkenny's Irish Pub, the Coffee House on Cherry Street (CHOCS), Peace of Mind Bookstore, and Drake's Tavern, a narrow alleyway converted into a dive bar. Fine dining found along East 15th Street includes Roosevelt's, The Hemingway, and Smoke Woodfire grill.
The Catholic church, Parish of Christ the King, sits between South Quincy Avenue and South Rockford Avenue.
The 1400 block of South Quaker Avenue contains five houses of historical interest representing the style of homes constructed during the very early 1920s, most notably the McGregor House at 1401 S Quaker. It is a one-and-a-half-story Prairie Style house designed in 1920 by Bruce Goff, then a 15-year-old apprentice with the Rush, Endacott and Rush architecture firm. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]
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