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The E.W. Marland Mansion is a 43,561 square feet (4,046.9 m 2) Mediterranean Revival-style mansion located in Ponca City, Oklahoma, United States.Built by oil baron and philanthropist Ernest Whitworth (E.W.) Marland, as a display of wealth at the peak of the 1920s oil boom, the house is one of the largest residences in the southwestern United States, and is known as the "Palace on the Prairie."
In 1975, a Ponca City lawyer C. D. Northcutt located Marland living on the street in Washington, D.C., and financed her return to Ponca City. She moved back into the chauffeur's cottage. [5] Although a recluse, she led efforts to have Ponca City purchase the Palace on the Prairie when it came up for sale again, and turn it into a house museum.
The Marlands were together until Virginia's death from pneumonia on June 6, 1926, in Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma. E. W. Marland had Lydie Roberts Marland's adoption annulled . The New York Times published news of Marland's engagement (a month before) to Lydie Marland, the daughter of his late wife's sister on January 6, 1928.
Will Rogers Memorial, Claremore, Oklahoma. E. W. Marland Mansion (1928), 901 Monument Road in Ponca City, Oklahoma NRHP listed. [6]Royalty Building (1929), built by oilman E. W. Marland, a mission style architecture building on 4th & East Grand Avenue in Ponca City with retail space on the lower floors and office space above for E. W. Marland and the E. W. Marland Co.
City of Ponca City. City of Ponca City. "Marland's Grand Home Centennial Articles – 1910 to 1920" retrieved May 31, 2021. City of Ponca City. "Marland's Grand Home Centennial Articles – 1920 to 1930" retrieved May 26, 2021. City of Ponca City. "Marland's Grand Home Centennial Articles – 1930 - 1940" retrieved May 26, 2021. City of Ponca City.
Ponca City (Iowa-Oto: Chína Uhánⁿdhe) [5] is a city in Kay County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The city was named after the Ponca tribe. Ponca City had a population of 24,424 in the 2020 census , [ 6 ] down from 25,387 at the time of the 2010 census .
In 1910 he was approached by John G. McCaskey, a social acquaintance from Pittsburgh, and E. W. Marland, president and founder of the 101 Ranch Oil Company of Ponca City, Oklahoma, that was on the verge of failure, having run out of money after drilling seven wells and only having found natural gas.(1) McFadden was impressed with Marland and, after visiting the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch ...
The Miller Brothers 101 Ranch was a 110,000-acre (45,000 ha) cattle ranch in the Indian Territory of Oklahoma before statehood. Located near modern-day Ponca City, it was founded by Colonel George Washington Miller, a veteran of the Confederate Army, in 1893. [4]