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.
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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