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Marland Mansion: Oklahoma's 'Palace on the Praire' Built between 1925 and 1928 at a cost of $5.5 million, the 55-room Marland Mansion consists of 43,561 square feet and is modeled after the ...
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."
The mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. The mansion was later donated to the State of Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Historical Society managed the property from 1982 to 2003, and from 2003 to the present the site has been managed by Preservation Oklahoma. The Overholser Mansion was restored in 2015 and is open for ...
Marland's Grand Home is a 1910s period mansion built in the luxurious Italian Renaissance Revival architecture style. It was designed by architect Solomon Layton (1864-1943) and built in 1914, just before the First World War (1914/1917-1918).
From historic mansions to lakeside homes, these are some of the most expensive homes that were sold or listed in Oklahoma in 2023. From historic mansions to lakeside homes, these are some of the ...
The Governor's Mansion in Shawnee, Oklahoma was built in 1903, on the speculation that Shawnee would be selected as the state capital and that this structure would become the Governor's official residence when Oklahoma became a state. However, Oklahoma did not attain statehood until 1907, and the Legislature chose Guthrie as the first capital ...
The Second Renaissance Revival house [2] was built for William Taylor Hales, a prominent business man of early Oklahoma City, in 1916 at a cost of $125,000 USD.In 1939, the mansion was bought by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and served as the residence of the archbishop until it was converted back into a private residence in 1992.
The McBirney Mansion in Tulsa, Oklahoma was the home of James H. McBirney, co-founder of the Bank of Commerce in Tulsa in 1904. [2] [a] He was the original owner of the mansion, built by architect John Long in 1928, and lived there until 1976. The mansion contained 15,900 square feet (1,480 m 2) and sits on a 2.91 acres (11,800 m 2) lot. The ...