by Lynne Rostochil. After the recent battles we’ve been facing trying to landmark the First Christian Church and save the Central National Motor Bank, it has been heartening to know that we’ve received the unconditional support of Preservation Oklahoma (POK). This isn’t the first time that POK has been a champion of Oklahoma’s mid-century modern […]
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil. It’s not often that a truly significant piece of residential architecture comes on the market, but that happened this week with one of the only glass houses in the Metro, the stunning 222 Residence designed by Elliott + Associates and located in Edmond. The three bedroom, over 3,000 sf […]
by Lynne Rostochil Not too long ago, we profiled the wonderful Coston House in Edmond, which was beautifully photographed by Julius Shulman soon after it was built in 1954. I thought I knew all of the publications the house appeared in until I stumbled across the Fall-Winter 1958 issue of the Home Modernizing Guide at a […]
by Lynne Rostochil Frank Lloyd Wright once said, “Every great architect is — necessarily — a great poet.” If any Oklahoma-based architect embodies this description, it would surely be Truett Coston, a true Renaissance man who was also one of our state’s most forward thinking mid-century architects. Born and raised in Lufkin, Texas, Coston […]
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) opened as the Territorial Normal School in Edmond in November of 1891 on 10 acres of land donated by developer Anton Classen. By opening a month earlier than Oklahoma State University (OSU) that long-ago fall, UCO can claim bragging rights as the […]