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Hales Mansion

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The Hales Mansion in Oklahoma City
The Hales Mansion in Oklahoma City

The Hales Mansion is a mansion built in 1916 in Oklahoma City's Heritage Hills neighborhood.

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Hales Mansion
Northwest 16th Street, Oklahoma City

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Northwest 16th Street 402
73103 Oklahoma City
Oklahoma, United States
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Robert A. Hefner Mansion

The Robert A. Hefner Mansion is a historic residence in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Built in 1917, from 1927 it was home to lawyer, Oklahoma City mayor, and Oklahoma Supreme Court justice Robert A. Hefner. It is located at 201 Northwest Fourteenth Street. It features on a postcard. The building was home to Oklahoma Historical Association and its Hall of Fame until 2007. The property is now owned by St. Luke's Methodist Church.The Greek Revival style mansion, with its eclectic landscape, was initially designed by architect Albert F. Stewart in 1917 for the F.L. Mulkey family. Ten years later, Robert A. Hefner and his family acquired the house and moved in. Hefner (1874-1971) was already a noted attorney, who was appointed to one 6-year term (1926-1932) on the Oklahoma Supreme Court. In 1939, Hefner was elected mayor of Oklahoma City serving until 1947. He was the first person elected to multi-year terms as mayor of Oklahoma City.In 1970, the Hefners donated their mansion to the Oklahoma Historical Association (OHA), which wanted to use it as the OHA headquarters and home to the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. The OHA made some minor renovations, but preserved the historical and architectural integrity of the building and grounds. OHA remained here until 2006, when it moved to the former Mid-Continent Life Building. OHA then put the Hefner Mansion on the market for sale.St. Luke's United Methodist Church bought the mansion and grounds from OHA in 2007, announcing its intention to include the physical assets into the mission of the church. The first action was to make the entire block on which the house and grounds sat part of the existing St. Luke's campus. Then the church initiated major renovations, even before formally moving in. The ground floor was converted into meeting rooms and office space, while retaining much of the original architectural integrity. The second and third floors were divided into offices for church staff. An industrial-type kitchen was installed specifically to support the church's Mobile Meals program.The mansion also contains a chapel donated by the Hefner family. It remains a sacred space that is used for prayer, meditation and baptisms.The mansion grounds have become a downtown sanctuary for reflection, meditation, and celebration. A brick-paved courtyard has been added, so that members and friends may donate bricks to commemorate others. The "Christmas Box Angel," originally donated by Richard Paul Evans to the Oklahoma Red Cross in memory of the children whose lives were lost in the 1995 Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing has been relocated to this area. A special worship service is held here every December, open to anyone who has lost a loved one during the previous year and seeking a renewal of hope during the Christmas season.A building known as the "Carriage House," which formerly served as a garage, storage and gardening work area, was razed in 2014 and replaced with a new structure devoted to offices.

Midtown Oklahoma City
Midtown Oklahoma City

Midtown is located northwest of downtown Oklahoma City, surrounded by Automobile Alley to the east and Asia District to the north. It is home to St. Anthony's Hospital (the city's oldest and largest) and smaller communities like Church Row. It is a 387-acre (1.57 km2) area with an estimated 3,501 residents. Midtown, like much of the inner city, is experiencing a renaissance as the city cleans out the blight and decay and replaces it with upscale urban amenities like the 5th Street and 10th Street streetscapes. According to MidtownOKC.com, a website provided by property owners and other leaders in Midtown's renaissance, the vision for Midtown is a response to the desire for urban lifestyle options in Oklahoma City. "Active pedestrian street life, including sidewalk cafes and locations utilized for outdoor events and festivals, creates an interactive and enjoyable public life... In this vision, a hip, energized urban population enjoys exceptional restaurants, stylish shops, and first-rate art galleries, all located nearby." The vision for Midtown seems to be similar to the nearby Triangle District in downtown Oklahoma City, which also considers the Live-Work-Play lifestyle to be the fundamental idea of the project. The Cottage District, locally known as "SOSA", is an eclectic residential area within Midtown containing several examples of excellent architecture. There are notable construction projects going in Midtown, including numerous local eateries, shops, and new housing.

Cain's Coffee Building
Cain's Coffee Building

The Cain's Coffee Building was built in 1918 in Oklahoma City. It is located at 1 NW Twelfth Street just off of Broadway. This white glazed brick Art Deco revival building is five stories high with a full basement and is 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2). It was built as a CCC Citizen's Conservation Corps project and occupied by an Extract Company, Seelye Mattress Company, and the most famous Cain's Coffee Company. The company that became Cain's Coffee was established in 1919 by William Morgan Cain Sr., who was born in 1894 and came to Choctaw, Okla., in 1900 with his widowed mother. Cain joined the Navy in 1911 and his tour of duty included a trip in Brazil, where he was fascinated with the enormous stacks of bagged coffee on the docks. After his discharge from the Navy, Cain was employed by the Western Coffee and Tea Co. of Oklahoma City. In 1919, he established a one-man operation to roast, grind, package and deliver coffee for sale to the retail grocers. Cain was president until 1937, when he was elected chairman of the board. Also when Richard J. Clements, who became an investor and officer in 1932, was named president. Both Cain and Clements worked and advocated the policy of buying coffee, tea and spice directly from the source and shipping the raw products to Oklahoma City for processing and packaging. It has been most recently renovated by the LifeHouse organization and Stanley Engle, an architect who trained at the University of Oklahoma and De Montfort University in Leicester, England. It contains a museum, coffee and bookstore and apartments. It is open to the public five days a week.