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Layton & Forsyth was a prominent Oklahoma architectural firm that also practiced as partnership including Layton Hicks & Forsyth and Layton, Smith & Forsyth. Led by Oklahoma City architect Solomon Layton, partners included George Forsyth, S. Wemyss Smith, Jewell Hicks, and James W. Hawk.[1]

Layton & Smith

Layton Smith & Forsyth

Layton Hicks & Forsyth

  • Taft Junior High School (1931) in Oklahoma City is an Art Deco styles building shaped like an arrowhead as a design paying tribute to Native American culture. It is located at NW 23rd and May Avenue and includes pained ceilings. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Additions were made in 1940.
  • Skirvin Hotel (1911) ten floors building with two towers built by William Balser Skirvin at 1 Park Avenue Park. A third tower was added in the 1920s and three additional floors in 1930.[2] The hotel, Oklahoma City's oldest, closed in 1988, and was finally renovated and reopened in 2007.[8]

Layton & Forsyth

References

  1. ^ Mary Jo Nelson. "Layton, Solomon Andrew". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
  2. ^ a b [1] Criterion Group
  3. ^ http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/OK/canadian/state.html
  4. ^ a b Oklahoma Main Street Saturday Walking Tours: Ponca City, OK Mainstreet News
  5. ^ Home State Theatre in Oklahoma City
  6. ^ Bizzell Library, University of Oklahoma National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places registration form page 4
  7. ^ June 21, 1929 Chronicles of Oklahoma Volume 7, No. 3 September 1929 Oklahoma Historical Society
  8. ^ "Historic Oklahoma City Hotel reopens after $55M renovation", AP at USA Today, February 26, 2007.