Mid-Continent Life Building

The Mid-Continent Life Building is a historic building at 1400 Classen Drive in Heritage Hills, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was built by Col. R.T. Stuart, who was the founder of the Mid-Continent Life Insurance Co to house his company and was designed by Solomon Layton and opened in 1927.[1][2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[3] The building was purchased in 2001 by the Oklahoma Heritage Association using a donation of $3 million by Edward Gaylord.[1] The building is now home to the Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum, home of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.[1] The building's design is Neoclassical.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Service, World's own. "Purchase arranged for Mid-Continent building". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  2. ^ "The Archivist: Zoning dispute threatened icon of neoclassical style". newsok.com. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Oklahoma (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  4. ^ "Mid-Continent Life Building - Oklahoma City, OK - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
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