text and photos by Lynne Rostochil. In case you didn’t know, Quail Creek is a huge neighborhood that boasts quite a few mid-century modern and contemporary homes, so perhaps it’s no wonder that I look forward to the annual Quail Creek Home Tour the second weekend of May every year to have the opportunity to […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Since this is the closing weekend of the Masters Tournament, I thought I’d stick with the golf theme and show you one of my all-time favorite finds, a program from the 1965 Oklahoma City Open golf tournament, which was held at the then-new Quail Creek Country Club. The O.C. Open, as it […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Along a stretch of hillside on Quail Creek Road sits a cluster of four split-level homes on the golf course that I’ve adored for years. So, when I drove by an estate sale at one of them, I couldn’t wait to pull over and check it out. How completely charming is […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Catalog from Lynne’s collection. I have a few vintage catalogs featuring new home tours, such as the Parade of Homes, so I thought I’d pull one out and share it with you. This one is from the fall 1964 Parade of Homes tour and features some great eye candy. I’m including “now” […]
text and most of the photos by Lynne Rostochil. Other photos are credited below. Today, we are finishing up with the Mod Home Tour that was the capper of the Oklahoma Modernism Weekend. Gray House Bush Hills Designed by Thomas Goto 1964 Bush Hills was the brainchild of developer J.A. Bush. He started advertising lots […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Brochure from her collection, “now” photos from the Oklahoma County Tax Assessor website. In 1961, the Oklahoma City Builders Association hosted the first-ever Spring Festival of Homes, a week-long event in which 56 new homes were opened to the public for review. Homes were located in OKC, Edmond, Yukon, Moore, and […]