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The Second Renaissance Revival house [2] was built for William Taylor Hales, a prominent business man of early Oklahoma City, in 1916 at a cost of $125,000 USD.In 1939, the mansion was bought by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and served as the residence of the archbishop until it was converted back into a private residence in 1992.
Jacob Aldolphus Bryce (Delf A. 'Jelly' Bryce), was an Oklahoma City detective and FBI agent, who was an exceptional marksman and fast draw noted for his dress sense. [92] Paul and Thomas Braniff, Braniff Airlines co-founders; Cattle Annie, or Anna Emmaline McDoulet Roach, female bandit, lived in Oklahoma City from 1912 until her death in 1978
Phillips popularized the skateboarding trick that he called the Phillips 66. The trick was adapted from the Fakie 360 invert, which Phillips credited to Shawn Peddie. [7] In the late 1980s, as Phillips' career as a competitive sponsored skater was winding down, he bought an indoor skateboard park and named it the Jeff Phillips Skateboard Park. [8]
The Oklahoma (City) Times: Oklahoma City: 1889 1984 [22] Skiatook Sentinel: Skiatook: 1905 [23] Tulsa Business Journal: Tulsa: Formerly published by Community Publishing Tulsa County News: Tulsa: 2012 Published by Gary Percefull Tulsa Star: Tulsa: 1913 1921 African-American newspaper founded by A. J. Smitherman; defunct after Tulsa Race ...
Heritage Hills' largest house, and largest in Oklahoma City, is the Hales Mansion, spanning 20,021 square feet (1,860.0 m 2). The Châteauesque-style Overholser Mansion , the neighborhood's second largest house, is a historic house museum and is open to the public with guided tours .
This is a list of properties and historic districts in Oklahoma that are designated on the National Register of Historic Places. Listings are distributed across all of Oklahoma's 77 counties . The following are approximate unofficial tallies of current listings by county.
Skateboard manufacturer Bruce Walker saw his performance and sponsored Mullen through Walker Skateboards from 1978 to 1980. Mullen's biggest influence in skateboarding at the time was a Walker professional skateboarder, Jim McCall, who was coached in his early years by Walker (Walker also coached a young Kelly Slater ). [ 17 ]
The area where Shepherd Mall would later be built was part of a 160 acre homestead claimed by George Shepherd during the land run of 1889. While much of the original homestead was later developed into a housing addition in the early 1930s (which today is known as the Shepherd Historic District), members of the Shepherd family continued to live in the old house (which was surrounded by the mall ...