Hillerman Map Project
Photographs of Oklahoma City
21412.M480.2, Z.P. Meyers/Barney Hillerman Photographic Collection, OHS (map #4U)
Hotel Kingkade
Address: 17–19 West Grand Avenue (Sheridan Avenue)
View: Northeast
Built: 1912 (Edwards and Ottaway, Vanished Splendor 70-71)
"Andrew Kingkade arrived in Oklahoma City in 1908, intending to go into the insurance and mortgage loan business. He soon became interested in building a hotel with his friend E.L. Lawrence. Each man built his own hotel, both opening in 1912. Kingkade's was at 19 West Grand and the Lawrence Hotel at 17 West Grand. Calling itself a 'quiet refined place to stop when in Capitol City,' the new hotel evidently tried to distinguish itself from some of its more boisterous competitors. Political meetings made the Lee-Huckins, for instance, a lively spot, especially during the years immediately prior to statehood, but the Kingkade sought to establish a more sedate image, although a number of state legislators lived there, and a certain amount of politicking must have gone on. When it first opened, Lorenzo Rardin was president and Clarence T. Williams was vice president and manager….Originally an eight-story structure, the Kingkade soon expanded upward with the addition of three more floors, while the Lawrence remained the same height. After World War II the Kingkade gradually declined along with downtown hotels all over the country, until the coming of the Myriad Convention Center brought its history to an end. After the 1968 Thanksgiving dinner served in its coffee shop, the Kingkade ceased operations and was soon razed." (Edwards and Ottaway, Vanished Splendor 70-71)
Click points or areas on the map to view historic photographs of downtown Oklahoma City.
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- Ford Assembling Plant
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- Municipal Auditorium
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- Bird’s Eye View of Civic Center and Courthouse
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- Old County Courthouse
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- Montgomery Ward Building
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- Hotel Black
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- Motor Hotel
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- Plaza Court
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- Gene Jones Motor Co.
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- Magnolia Petroleum Company
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- Rockwell Apartments
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- Masonic Temple (Home State Life Building)
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- Kirkpatrick Hotel
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- Elks Lodge (Key Building, ONG Building)
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- Federal Building
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- US Post Office
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- Federal Reserve Bank
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- Cotton-Exchange Building
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- Oklahoma County Courthouse
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- YWCA
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- Hightower Building
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- Mercantile Building (Levy Building)
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- Majestic Building
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- First National Building
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- Wright Building
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- Skirvin Tower
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- Rock Island Railroad Depot
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- Skirvin Hotel
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- Insurance Building
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- Public Warehouse Company
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- Patterson and Hoffman Wholesale Cigars and Pipes
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- Milner Hotel
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- Hotel Kingkade
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- Herskowitz Building
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- Santa Fe Railroad Station
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- Wells Roberts Hotel
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- Sooner Theatre
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- Colcord Building
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- Baltimore Building
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- Midwest Theatre
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- Kress
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- Lerner
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- Katz Drug
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- The American National Building
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- Empire Building
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- Criterion Theatre
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- Biltmore Hotel
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- Oklahoma Club Building
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- Farmer's National Bank Building
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- Commerce Exchange Building
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- Huckins Hotel, Huckins Garage
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- Campbell Building
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- Hales Building
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- Fidelity Bank
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- Britling Cafeteria
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- Manly Office Supply Company
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- Perrine Building, Cravens Building
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- Baum Building
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- Security National Building
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- Ramsey Tower, City National Building
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- Petroleum Building
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- Franklin Building
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- Braniff Building
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- Kerr-McGee Building
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- Capitol Federal Savings and Loan
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- Telephone, Pioneer, Southwestern Bell
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- Parade on Broadway
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- Aerial View
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- Bird’s Eye View
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The Z. P. Meyers/Barney Hillerman Photographic Collection
The Z. P. Meyers/Barney Hillerman Photographic Collection includes thousands of images, many of which depict businesses in Oklahoma City. Many photographs in the collection are from the Meyers Photo Shop, which employed Barney Hillerman and other photographers. This map highlights significant buildings in the downtown Oklahoma City area, as well as street and aerial views. The map features images dating from the late 1920s to the 1960s.
This project was made possible by a grant from the Pauline Dwyer Macklanburg and Robert A. Macklanburg Jr. Foundation.
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