Driving on 244 through Tulsa, there is a building with a story. That building is the former Irving School and or to some people, the Owen School. I have driven by this school weekly for almost a...
Driving on 244 through Tulsa, there is a building with a story. That building is the former Irving School and or to some people, the Owen School. I have driven by this school weekly for almost a...
Odd Fellows Widows and Orphans Home in Checotah 1902-2004 In 1902 a gentleman by the name of William E. Gentry and his wife Sallie offered Sallie’s 160-acre Indian allotment farm along with...
From 1900 to 1938, African American students living in the Stillwater community could only attend up to eighth grade locally. With no separate high school, they would have to move to Oklahoma City...
The building that would become Hope Hall got its start almost a century ago in 1928, when bids were being taken to construct a new building at the Central State Hospital in Norman, Oklahoma, to be...
Thirty-one-year-old Isabel Crawford from Sedan, Oklahoma, arrived in Saddle Mountain, Oklahoma in April 1896. She set out on a journey to establish a Baptist Mission in the town with the help of...
Chief Quanah Parker was known as a progressive Comanche warrior and leader. He served as the last principal chief of the Comanche Tribe and was influential in settling the Comanche Tribe on a...
The Bryant Center was an idea thought up by two businessmen, H.T. Greenhaw and Ferrill Martin. Opening as the Bryant Recreational Center, which would become a place of entertainment for the mostly...
The town of Lima, Oklahoma, is one of just thirteen historically all-Black towns existing in the state. Named after the local limestone quarries it was incorporated in 1913. Constructed in 1921 by...
The Tulsa Club Building at East Fifth Street and South Cincinnati Avenue was designed by Bruce Goff a creative American architect. His work was distinguished by his unique and eccentric designs in...
More and more churches seem to be closing, especially in small towns. Sitting in the middle of Jefferson County is this magnificent jewel with perfectly preserved stained glass, detailed brickwork...
1910 Lowell Elementary Originally built as the Lowell School in 1910, this date was engraved above the west entrance. It quickly grew in enrollment Students were held to a standard of morality and...
WS Kelly General Merchandise Wilbur S. Kelly built the W.S. Kelly General Merchandise store in the mid-’20s in what was known as “New Cogar”. He ran the store for a short period of...
The Mansion Alexander Tallchief was an Osage Indian who obtained his wealth like many others in the Osage tribe through the 1920’s oil boom. A 10-room structure constructed of terracotta bricks...
After years of debate over the history, importance and fate of Stage Center, the end is set to start Monday (6/30/14) as preparatory demolition begins next week. Stage Center, originally known as...
Presbyterian missionaries first appeared in the Atoka area in the 1840s and by 1883 the Presbyterian Church was established in the region. In 1897, the congregation built a wood frame meetinghouse on...
In our ever-expanding world of architecture, nothing will ever compare to our historic buildings and the feeling they provide when standing in their presence. The Walcourt, for instance, was designed...
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