Guthrie Historic District
National Register Historic District; Oklahoma'S First State Capital, Founded In The Land Run Of 1889 · Guthrie, Oklahoma
Oklahoma's first state capital and the largest historic preservation district in the country on the National Register, about 2,000 buildings of late-Victorian brick and stone thrown up almost overnight after the Land Run of 22 April 1889, when a town of ten thousand people appeared on open prairie in a single day. Statehood was declared here in 1907, and the capital moved to Oklahoma City in 1910, which froze Guthrie in place: the 1890s streetscape survived because there was no boom to knock it down. The Scottish Rite Masonic Temple is one of the largest Masonic buildings in the world, the Oklahoma Territorial Museum and Carnegie Library tell the land-run story, the Pollard Theatre runs a resident company, and the district fills for the Victorian Walk in December and 89er Day in April.
Downtown Guthrie, Oklahoma Avenue and Division Street, Guthrie, Oklahoma, 73044, United States
The district is open all the time and free to walk. The Oklahoma Territorial Museum and Carnegie Library open Tuesday-Saturday 9 AM-5 PM, closed Sunday and Monday, with 2026 closures on 4 July, 11 November, 26-27 November and 24-25 December. Masonic Temple tours Monday-Thursday at 10 AM; Ghost Walk Friday and Saturday at 8 PM (check guthrieok.com or call 405-282-1889).
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