Frank and Jane Phillips House

1107 SE Cherokee Ave., Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Photo

By David Marshall - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28763015

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Coordinates:
+36.74236, -95.97513
36°44'32" N, 95°58'30" W

Quadrangle map:
Bartlesville South

Street View

Description

When oil baron Frank Phillips built this home, his was a lonely mansion on an oil-soaked prairie. Phillips had the streets around his house paved and streetlights installed. The Greek Revival home was decorated with Filipino mahogany. The grounds were planted in American elms and red cedars. Gracious living was set to begin. As Phillips' bank account grew, so did his trees. On summer evenings the founder of Phillips Petroleum would fling open the french door of the mansion, letting the sound of the cicadas and mockingbirds in the branches of the young trees float into the house and mix with the human voices inside... -- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS OK-62)

National Register information

Status: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 1975
Reference number: 75001576
NR name: Phillips, Frank and Jane, House
Architectural style: Late 19th and 20th Century Revival: Classical Revival
Areas of significance: Industry; Social History; Architecture
Levels of significance: State; Local
Evaluation criteria: B - Person; C - Design/Construction
Property type: Building
Historic functions: Single dwelling; Street furniture/object; Horticulture facility
Current function: Museum
Periods of significance: 1900-1924; 1925-1949; 1950-1974
Significant years: 1908; 1917; 1930
Number of properties: Contributing buildings: 2
Contributing structures: 4
Contributing objects: 1
Non-contributing structures: 1

Update Log

June 10, 2018: New Street View added by Bill Eichelberger
February 7, 2018: New photo from Bill Eichelberger

Sources

HABS OK-62 - Frank Phillips Mansion
HALS OK-7 - Frank Phillips Home
Bill Eichelberger - wallyum [at] hotmail [dot] com
National Register database - Reference number 75001576 (Search for documents)