Mid-Continent Life Building

Historic building in Oklahoma City, US

The Mid-Continent Life Building is a historic building at 1400 Classen Drive in Heritage Hills, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was built by Col. R.T. Stuart, who was the founder of the Mid-Continent Life Insurance Co to house his company and was designed by Solomon Layton and opened in 1927.^[1]^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[3] The building was purchased in 2001 by the Oklahoma Heritage Association using a donation of $3 million by Edward Gaylord.^[1] The building is now home to the Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum, home of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.^[1] The building's design is Neoclassical.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Service, World's own. "Purchase arranged for Mid-Continent building". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
^ "The Archivist: Zoning dispute threatened icon of neoclassical style". newsok.com. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
^ "Oklahoma (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
^ "Mid-Continent Life Building - Oklahoma City, OK - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.