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 […]
by Lynne Rostochil Recently, I was asked to talk about mid-century modern architecture in the Founders District for the neighborhood’s first-ever Heritage Night, and I thought I’d share the presentation with the Mod Squad, too. Enjoy! In 1961, the United Founders Life Insurance Company bought a 60-acre tract west of May and north of NW […]
by Lynne Rostochil. Photos from the OPUBCO collection at The History Center. Oklahoma City was home to quite a few drive-in movie theaters during their mid-century heyday but none was more fantastically modern than the incredible North Penn Twin at NW 122nd and Pennsylvania. In 1961, the Bartons, who owned over a dozen indoor and […]