Tulsa Audio Walking Tour

Highlights

• University of Tulsa

  Roots of the University of Tulsa reach back to an 1882 school for Creek Nation girls in Muskogee, Indian Territory. Imagine it began as the Presbyterian School for Indian Girls, known to some as Minerva Home, founded in Muskogee, Indian Territory, in 1882 to provide primary education to young women of the Creek Nation.

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  Will Rogers High School

  WPA workers raised Will Rogers High School at 3909 E. 5th Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1939. Built by Tulsa Public Schools in 1939 with WPA workers, this building was designed by Joseph R. Koberling, Jr. and Leon B. Senter and carries the name of the humorist Will Rogers, who died in 1935 with Wiley Post in a plane crash.

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  Westhope

  Frank Lloyd Wright completed Westhope at 3704 South Birmingham Avenue in 1931 for his cousin Richard Lloyd Jones. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1931 for his cousin Richard Lloyd Jones, the publisher of the Tulsa Tribune, this two-story house is one of only three buildings in Oklahoma that Wright designed and has been cited as the only one of his textile-block houses outside California.

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  Reynolds Center

  HOK Sport designed this 8,355-seat arena on the University of Tulsa campus, opened in 1998 and named for Donald W. Reynolds. Designed by HOK Sport, now known as Populous Co., this building opened in 1998 and carries the name of Donald W. Reynolds.

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  Temple Israel

  Temple Israel has occupied 2004 East 22nd Place in Tulsa since 1955. This Reform congregation was founded in December 1914 and affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism in 1915.

All 15 stops

• Casa Loma Hotel (Route 66)

  Look up at this two-story Spanish Mission building at 2630 East Eleventh Street — Casa Loma Hotel, once known as the Max W. Campbell Building.

• Sinclair Service Station (Tulsa)

  Picture this 1929 Spanish Eclectic gas station at 3501 East 11th Street — the Sinclair Service Station in Tulsa.

• Will Rogers High School (East Tulsa)

  WPA workers raised Will Rogers High School at 3909 E. 5th Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1939.

• White City (Midtown)

  White City fills these Midtown Tulsa blocks between 2nd and 11th Streets.

• Gillette (Midtown)

  Tulsa's smallest historic district sits right here, the Gillette homes along Gillette Avenue and Yorktown Place.

• Swan Lake (Swan Lake)

  Swan Lake's historic district covers 127 acres of Tulsa.

• Yorktown (Yorktown)

  Bungalow and Craftsman porches define Yorktown, a historic district in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

• Utica Square (Tulsa)

  Since May 22, 1952, Utica Square has been the upscale outdoor shopping heart of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

• Temple Israel (East 22nd Place)

  Temple Israel has occupied 2004 East 22nd Place in Tulsa since 1955.

• Church of the Madalene (mid-town)

  Harvard Avenue at 22nd brings you to the Church of the Madalene.

• Monte Cassino School (midtown Tulsa)

  Benedictine Sisters founded Monte Cassino School as a girls' school in 1926, here in midtown Tulsa.

• Westhope (Midtown)

  Frank Lloyd Wright completed Westhope at 3704 South Birmingham Avenue in 1931 for his cousin Richard Lloyd Jones.

• University of Tulsa (Tulsa)

  Roots of the University of Tulsa reach back to an 1882 school for Creek Nation girls in Muskogee, Indian Territory.

• Michael D. Case Tennis Center (University of Tulsa)

  Six indoor courts and 12 outdoor ones make up the Michael D. Case Tennis Center at the University of Tulsa.

• Reynolds Center (University of Tulsa)

  HOK Sport designed this 8,355-seat arena on the University of Tulsa campus, opened in 1998 and named for Donald W. Reynolds.

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