Capitol Park, 900 East Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie

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Before the state capitol of Oklahoma was relocated in Oklahoma City in it was based in Guthrie, Oklahoma on a 10 acre site that was laid out in After the move, the site was acquired by a Methodist University in and then the Scottish Rite in Today the site is home to the Scottish Rite Temple, which is in the Neoclassical Revival Style. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. History: The 10 acre site, which included a convention and legislative hall, was originally intended to house the state capitol building and other legislative buildings, but in the state capitol moved to Oklahoma City.

The City of Guthrie sold the site to a Methodist university in In the Guthrie Scottish Rite purchased the site and in began building the Scottish Rite Temple where the state capitol building was to be originally constructed. The architecture firm Hawk and Parr provided plans for the renovation of the convention hall and designed the temple. The convention hall is a two story brick structure while the temple is constructed mostly of concrete and Indiana limestone. Also in the Kansas City, Missouri landscape architecture firm Hare and Hare was hired to design a planting plan for the property, which proposed planting 171 trees, evergreens, and 388 perennials.

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Steve Eilers, March 12, West Stillwater, OK steve. eilers (alokstate.edu Dr. Charles Leider Professor and Director of the Landscape Architecture Program Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department 360 AG Hall CAPITOL HILL PARK HALS NO. OK-2 PAGE 2 Stillwater, OK Office: charles. leiderfalokstate.edu Front view (National Register Properties in Oklahoma website: accessed March 18, Front view looking South (Steve Eilers,