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Oklahoma City Mid-Century Modern Buildings (page 3)

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Cowboy Hall of Fame
Oklahoma City, OK
The Cowboy Hall of Fame was designed by Begrow & Brown and was completed in 1965. The building now houses the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. For more, see this website. [map]

Earlywine Park Pavilion
Oklahoma City, OK
This Earlywine Park Pavilion might have been built in the 1960s. [map]

Holiday Lanes Bowling Center
Oklahoma City, OK
The Holiday Lanes Bowling Center was designed by Jack L. Scott and built in 1959. It is still in operation. [map]

Lincoln Plaza
Oklahoma City, OK

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2024:
The 20-acre Lincoln Plaza office (top 2 rows above) and hotel/restaurant/retail (third row) complex was designed by Halley-Riek Associates. It opened in 1969. Over the years, the complex had fallen on hard times. It had been surrounded by chain link fencing since at least 2007. In 2018, plans were announced to renovate the complex and turn the hotel into luxury apartments. Work began in 2020 and was completed in 2021. The complex now known as the Presley Apartments. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Stage Center [gone]
Oklahoma City, OK
Stage Center was designed by John M. Johansen and built from 1965-1970. It was originally known as the "Mummers Theater" and was also called the "Oklahoma Theater Center". It consisted of three concrete structures connected by ramps. There were two theaters and a smaller unit which was used for a cabaret, offices, and rehearsal space. The award-winning complex was praised but also mocked for its "tinker toy geometry." Stage Center closed in 1986. It was renovated and reopened in 1992. In 2010, the building was extensively damaged by flooding and it remained vacant after that. In 2014, the building was demolished. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

Book:
Oklahoma City's Mid-Century Modern Architecture, Lynne Rostochil, 2017