text and photos by Lynne Rostochil. Darn it! I hate doing posts saying goodbye to the Metro’s mid-century modern buildings, and this is the second one in a row. This time, we are bidding farewell to the small-but-sweet Bethany Library: Designed by Bethany architect and Southern Nazarene University (SNU) art professor, Ray Bowman of Bowman & […]
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil As you know, mid-century modern architecture abounds in Oklahoma, and it’s always fun driving from town to town looking for it. Recently, I started off on Route 66 for a little road trip to the western part of the state and found all kinds of great examples in Weatherford […]
by Lynne Rostochil, current-day photos by author, vintage photos from Tim Brauer’s collection unless otherwise noted Awhile back, Robyn and I met up with Tim Brauer to tour Chickasha and see some of the work his dad, Leslie G. Brauer, designed during his 25 career in this small farming community 40 miles west of OKC. Considering […]
text and photos by Robyn Arn and Lynne Rostochil (Both Robyn and Lynne have visited Kingfisher and Enid recently and found several mid-century gems along the way. Robyn’s contribution will be in normal type, and Lynne’s will be in italics.) A couple weekends ago I headed to Enid to check out some of the architecture […]