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Clapp-Cunningham Building

historic two-story building in Chandler, Oklahoma

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ85752684 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Clapp-Cunningham Building is a historic two-story building in Chandler, Oklahoma. It was designed in the Late Victorian architectural style, and it was built in 1900 by L.W. Clapp, a politician from Wichita, Kansas. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 5, 1984.

Editorial summary

“Clapp-Cunningham Building” enters the record as historic two-story building in Chandler, Oklahoma. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Clapp-Cunningham, Building and historic can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1900, 1984—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1900. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Clapp-Cunningham, Building and historic.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Clapp-Cunningham Building” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Clapp-Cunningham, Building and historic provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q85752684. Authority coordinates are 35.699, -96.875. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1900 and 1984.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Clapp-Cunningham Building”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Clapp-Cunningham Building primary sources, Clapp-Cunningham Building archive and Clapp-Cunningham research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Clapp-Cunningham Building”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Clapp-Cunningham Building” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.