Sunday, August 31, 2014

2) The H.H. Champlin House - Taylor Johnson

This is a photograph of the H.H. Champling House in Enid, OK. Growing up in nearby Covington, OK, I was always in awe of this house. It was built in 1938 by H.H. Champlin, a local oil tycoon, and he had some amazing feature put in his home. There are over 40 rooms, each controlled by their own thermostat which require 67 to be installed. He also wanted cast bronze, double-hung windows only manufactured by a plant in Michigan and then wanted the windows to be glazed with violet ray glass made only in England. Currently, the house is on the National Register of Historic Places and the Oklahoma Historic Landmarks inventory.

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