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Current Status: Demolished

Year(s) Listed: • 2014 • 2019

J Paul Getty Bunker

City/Town: • Tulsa

This home, known as the Getty Bunker, was built in 1942 and used by infamous J. Paul Getty when he took over Spartan aircraft company

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Year(s) Listed: • 2019

Brookshire Motel

City/Town: • Tulsa

The Brookshire Motel is a shining example of the roadside motels popular along Route 66, built in the 1940’s, during the Mother Road’s early heyday.

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Year(s) Listed: • 2018

Founders National Bank – Oklahoma City

City/Town: • Oklahoma City

The Founders Bank building is one of Oklahoma City’s best examples of mid-century modern architecture, and it’s the only known design of the architect and

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Year(s) Listed: • 2018

Esslinger Home

City/Town: • Broken Arrow

Home of J. Houston and Dora Esslinger, this home was built in 1911 on the western edge of the new Haskell State School of Agriculture

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Year(s) Listed: • 2014

Union Bus Station

City/Town: • Oklahoma City

This 1941 Art Moderne structure served as a transportation hub for over 60 years. It anchors the southwest corner of one of the only intact

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Year(s) Listed: • 2011 • 2012 • 2013

Stage Center

City/Town: • Oklahoma City

Designed by John M. Johansen, one of the famed “Harvard Five,” the structure received the American Institute of Architects highest award in 1972. The theater

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Year(s) Listed: • 2012

Farmers and Merchants Bank – Choteau

City/Town: • Choteau

This downtown bank was constructed in 1908. It served as a booming center of banking and business from the 1900s through the 1940s. It has

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Year(s) Listed: • 2011

1600 NW 16th Street Home

City/Town: • Oklahoma City

Emblematic of countless historic homes across Oklahoma and the nation, this home reveals the trials that face preservation efforts, even when the property is located

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Year(s) Listed: • 2011

First Presbyterian Church – Atoka

City/Town: • Atoka

Completed in 1913, the First Presbyterian Church of Atoka is notable for its architecture and its construction by locally prominent builders. First Presbyterian ceased operations

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Year(s) Listed: • 2006

First State Bank – Maramec

City/Town: • Maramec

Over the years, this structure has been home to several occupants, including the original bank and a US Post Office, which also sold over-the-counter medications

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