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Small Town Mod: Mooreland

text and photos by Lynne Rostochil Just 10 miles east of Woodward sits the tiny farming community of Mooreland.  With just 1,200 people calling Mooreland home, I was more than a little surprised to find so much mid-century modern architecture in this small hamlet that covers less than a square mile.  Let’s start with the fabulously Streamline […]

Small Town Mod: Weatherford and Clinton

text and photos by Lynne Rostochil As you know, mid-century modern architecture abounds in Oklahoma, and it’s always fun driving from town to town looking for it.  Recently, I started off on Route 66 for a little road trip to the western part of the state and found all kinds of great examples in Weatherford […]

Searching for Modernism in Small-Town Oklahoma

by Lynne Rostochil, vintage photos of the Temple of the Rainbow Girls from the OPUBCO collection at The History Center, vintage photos of the Masonic buildings in Guthrie courtesy Bill Gumerson, current-day photos by the author   One of my favorite pastimes is getting up early on a Saturday morning, grabbing my camera, heading with […]

Small Town Mod: Ada

text and photos by Lynne Rostochil Last week, I told you about some of the great mid-century architecture Ray James designed in Ada, but while we were tooling around town, I noticed quite a few buildings he didn’t design that I thought you might like to see.  The downtown area contains quite a few interesting […]

On the Hunt for Mod in Kingfisher and Enid

text and photos by Robyn Arn and Lynne Rostochil (Both Robyn and Lynne have visited Kingfisher and Enid recently and found several mid-century gems along the way.  Robyn’s contribution will be in normal type, and Lynne’s will be in italics.) A couple weekends ago I headed to Enid to check out some of the architecture […]