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158 Whitworth

158 Whitworth - the Zimmerman House. Designed by George J. Cannon for R.R. Zimmerman around May 1926. Zimmerman was a personnel director for Marland Oil Company, a forerunner of Continental Oil Company. The Spanish stucco architecture of the home features a roof fabricated of metal to simulate red tiles. Servant's quarters were built in the garage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Now continue on Whitworth to Overbrook. Turn right on Overbrook, continue 1 block to 7th. Street. Cross 7th. Street on Overbrook and continue to 5th Street. On your right-side is the Ponca City High School).

 

 

The Ponca City High School was built in 1927 at a cost of $312,097.80.Ponca City High School The modified Spanish atmosphere was designed by architects Smith and Senter. When built, it was considered a modern high school containing an auditorium, heating, and ventilation, a large library and individual rooms for typing, music, math, chemistry lab, and home economics classes as well as the usual classrooms. The steps of the school are of natural stone and the cornices are of red Spanish tile. The land the school sits on originally belonged to E.W. Marland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Now turn left on 5th Street and then right on Overbrook. Continue to 4th Street. Turn right on 4th Street and go 1 block North to Roosevelt. The house on the Northwest corner of the intersection is.....)

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