Buttram Estate, 7316 Nichols Road, Nichols Hills, Oklahoma County, OK. Surveyed as HALS OK-19, with a 441-word written history.
“The Buttram Estate, located in Nichols Hills, Oklahoma, was the former home of oil baron and philanthropist, Frank Buttram and his wife Merle.”
Written record, HALS OK-19 survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HALS program as HALS OK-19 · the record runs 441 words · one of 21 surveyed structures published for this county.
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The Buttram Estate, located in Nichols Hills, Oklahoma, was the former home of oil baron and philanthropist, Frank Buttram and his wife Merle. The mansion located on the estate is an excellent example of the Italian Renaissance style for the architecture and the landscape architecture. Once home to the Oklahoma Museum of Art, the Buttram Estate is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated landmark in the Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory. History: Completed in on 89 acres, the square foot Buttram mansion was designed by the San Antonio based architectural firm Ayers & Ayers, in the Italian Renaissance style. A landscape architect, Homer L.
also of San Antonio prepared the site plan in The 8 year span between the beginning of the site planning and the finished mansion ensured the grounds would look more mature when the Buttram family moved into the residence. The mansion is located on the highest point of the property which affords great views of the various landscape elements, including statues, alleys of evergreen, terraces, formal gardens, pools, and fountains. From to the Buttram Mansion was home to the Oklahoma Museum of Art. Today, the mansion is back in private ownership and sits on a site of about five acres. The other 84 acres of the estate are now part of a quaint residential neighborhood that has developed in the area.
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Boren, Lyle H., and Dale Boren. "Who is Who in Oklahoma: A Biographical History of Men and Women in Oklahoma Life Today." Guthrie, OK: The Co- operative Publishing Company, Buttram, Merle, with J. Landis Fleming. "One Man's Footprints: The Story of Frank Buttram." Muskogee, OK: Western Heritage Books, Glasscock, "Then Came Oil: The Story of the Last Frontier." New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Harlow, Rex. "Successful Oklahomans: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches." Oklahoma City, OK: Harlow Publishing Company, BUTTRAM ESTATE HALS NO. OK-19 PAGE 2 "Frank and Merle Buttram House and Grounds." National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. (accessed May 2,
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Steve Eilers, May 2, 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 Stillwater, OK Office: charles.leiderfalokstate.edu it ill! View of South elevation (Steve Eilers, BUTTRAM ESTATE HALS NO. OK-19 PAGE 3 View of statues atop a terrace (Steve Eilers,
| Nichols Hills, Oklahoma | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Oklahoma County, Oklahoma | 95 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal surveyors worked through Nichols Hills building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Nichols Hills | HALS OK-41 | 527 words |
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