Chandler's downtown preserves an unusually complete set of early 20th-century commercial buildings along its main street. The brick storefronts — two-storey Italianate facades with decorative cornices, dating mostly from 1900–1925 — survived the interstate bypass that killed many comparable Oklahoma towns, partly because Chandler retained its function as a county seat and agricultural service centre.
The Flynt Building, the Chandler Bookstore building, the Mascho Building, and several others are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A slow walk down the main street takes in all of them. The Territorial Homes of Chandler — three late 19th-century houses on the residential streets nearby — add to the picture. Pick up a walking map from the Route 66 Interpretive Center.