Frank Phillips Home, 1107 Cherokee Avenue, Bartlesville, Washington County, OK. Surveyed as HALS OK-7, with a 379-word written history.
“Wealth created by oil in Oklahoma during the first decades of the Century afforded Frank Phillips to amass an enormous fortune and start one of the largest petroleum companys in the world, Phillips Petroleum Company.”
Written record, HALS OK-7 survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HALS program as HALS OK-7 · the record runs 379 words · one of 4 surveyed structures published for this county.
Source document Quoted word for word from HALS OK-7. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
Wealth created by oil in Oklahoma during the first decades of the Century afforded Frank Phillips to amass an enormous fortune and start one of the largest petroleum companys in the world, Phillips Petroleum Company. The Frank Phillips Mansion, built from was designed in Greek Revival style and surrounded by a mix of formally planted gardens and wooded areas. The estate represented the wealth oil created throughout Oklahoma during the era. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Oklahoma Landmark. History: Designed by Walter Everman, the 26 room mansion was completed in Frank Phillips and his wife Jane lived in the home until their deaths in and respectively.
The original landscape design was created by Phillips, who added to and changed the style over time. By the time the property was donated to the Oklahoma Historical Society in the grounds had lost their luster and were in need of repair. In the grounds were restored as closely as possible to photographs taken during the with some minor modifications, such as replacing American elms with disease-resistant lacebark elms because of Dutch elm disease that had ravaged the original elms. The renovation/restoration of the grounds was undertaken by Sue Lacey, site supervisor of the estate, and Randy Weatherly of Ambler Architects.
Source document Quoted word for word from HALS OK-7. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
Steve Eilers, March 12, West Stillwater, OK steve. eilers (alokstate.edu FRANK PHILLIPS HOME HALS NO. OK-7 PAGE 2 Dr. Charles Leider Professor and Director of the Landscape Architecture Program Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Department 360 AG Hall Stillwater, OK Office: charles.leiderfalokstate.edu Front view of property (National Register Properties in Oklahoma website: accessed March 18, FRANK PHILLIPS HOME HALS NO. OK-7 PAGE 3 " '* ,flflfflyJiiV Entrance to property (Steve Eilers,
| Bartlesville, Oklahoma | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Washington County, Oklahoma | 39 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal surveyors worked through Bartlesville building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Country Club | HALS OK-32 | 466 words | |
| Frank Phillips Mansion | HABS OKLA,74-BARTS,1- | 39 words | |
| Price Tower | HABS OK-67 | 34 words |
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