[The following is excerpted from Preservation Guidelines and Standards for Oklahoma City Historic Districts]
Prairie school homes are the dominant architectural style within
Mesta Park. Reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright's early work, they are
characterized by low-pitched hipped roofs with wide overhanging eaves.
Often called the 
“Prairie Box” or “Foursquare,” the Prairie house has massive square porch columns.
Other features include one-story wings or porches and eaves, cornices and facade detailing that emphasize horizontal lines, multiple glass panes in upper window sashes with single panes in the lower sash, a prominent dormer in the front plane of the hipped roof and a variety of materials or textures that accentuate the horizontal emphasis of the house.
One of the more shortlived of styles, the Prairie houses were constructed largely between 1905 and 1920. Groupings of windows are detailed similarly to those in the Craftsman bungalow, as is the entry door, usually placed asymmetrically on the front facade and shaded by the deep porch. Unlike the similarly scaled Colonial Revival house, the Prairie dwelling is devoid of most ornament and displays no classical columns or other historical details.
Craftsman
style homes, which share many architectural elements with the Prairie school style, can also be found in Mesta Park. The one-story Craftsman bungalow is identified by its low pitched gable roof with wide, unenclosed eaves and exposed rafters, decorative beams and brackets under the roof eaves, and deep front porches extending partially or fully across the front of the house.
The bungalow is most often of wood frame construction, sheathed in narrow drop or wide clapboard siding, although some brick veneered examples also exist in the historic districts. Square box porch columns, either extending to the ground or set upon robust masonry pedestals, are often tapered and serve also as endposts for a sturdy wood porch railing.