by Lynne Rostochil When Penn Square Mall opened in 1960, developers Jay Hickox, Jim Milligan, and Sidney Davidoff saw a golden opportunity to capitalize on all of the traffic streaming in from around the state and opened a motel within walking distance to encourage weary shoppers to rest a spell before returning home. The $750,000, 93-room […]
by Lynne Rostochil Recently, Squadder Branson Young asked if I knew anything about the history of his home in the Brookhaven neighborhood: Although I had admired this house for along time, I didn’t know much about it and decided to do a little research. Here’s what I found out: The home was built for […]
by Lynne Rostochil While researching Henry L. Kamphoefner and his years at OU, I stumbled upon the North Carolina State University library photo archive, which happens to contain a small collection of vintage COLOR photos of some of Bruce Goff’s best work in Norman. Giddy as a teenager on a first date with her big crush, […]
by Lynne Rostochil This is the third of four installments about Kamphoefner’s career. To read the last installment, go here. In 1948, Henry L. Kamphoefner arrived at North Carolina State University ready to start work establishing an architecture school that would replace the architectural engineering curriculum that had been in place for decades. Before Kamphoefner accepted the job […]
by Lynne Rostochil Before Bruce Goff reigned supreme at OU, there was Henry L. Kamphoefner, who began his teaching career at OU in 1937 and became the chairman of the School of Architecture there in 1944. Kamphoefner arrived in Norman with an impressive academic pedigree. Born in 1907 in Des Moines, Iowa, he graduated from the […]
text and photos by Lynne Rostochil It’s very rare when a mid-century dream home in the perfect neighborhood, with close proximity to downtown and all of the hip districts, comes on the market, but that’s just what happened this week with this beauty in Edgemere Heights: Visitors touring the open house last night found themselves […]