The Father of Oklahoma City (Overholser Mansion)
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- Dive into the captivating tale of Henry Overholser, the visionary tycoon who transformed Oklahoma City with his ambition and wealth. From striking it rich in the Mercantile business to creating the city's first ever mansion, discover how Overholser's dreams sculpted a city and left a legacy that stands to this day.
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What a beautiful house. You can really tell this was a home meant to be lived in, and not just a repository for expensive stuff.
Great Great house. So wonderful it is still standing. Unlike some other houses it was nice to hear the owners got to spend the rest of their lives there.
What a beautiful old house! I am so glad that it still exists, and I would love to tour it someday. I love the second-floor landing with the natural light and the stained-glass windows.
BEAUTIFUL AND I AM GLAD IT WAS ENJOYED BY THE FAMILY AND IS STILL STANDING AND OPENED FOR THE PUBLIC.
I'm so grateful the house was restored for generations to see!
I am fascinated by this beautiful exterior. Such an elegant design. It's facade holds a perfect balance between being too simple and overdecorated. Masterfully composed shape and proportions of the building helps to avoid bulkiness of such a spacious building. The color and texture of stones, bricks and terracota tiles form a nice palette. What a pleaser to the sight!
Among the numerous houses of this channel this one is my top favorite now.
Loved the house , living , dining , music , and second floor
The color of the sandstone is beautiful.
Everything modestly Beautiful
If there was such a thing as American Mannerism, I'd tell this mansion belongs just right there: It is pared down and yet elegant, the opposite of a fussy style like Neo Baroque.
Yeah nothing says modest like a grand piano!
What I love most is the city OKC was able to preserve it and keep it as a public historical place! ✨
Looks like a tear-down to me.
Went there 40 years ago will always love the whole house thanks 🌹
I love this house! I love the warmer tones, I love that is is a beautiful mansion but still feels/looks cozy, and I love the happy ending all the way around!
All of it !
I love the 📺.
I love that master bedroom….exquisite.
Very handsome with subdued elegance! Very nice and still feels like a home!
Live the entire mansion! 😊
Absolutely stunning,the light and the usnd stencils are AMAZING 🤩, Ty Ken ,this was a wonderful virtual tour ❤
I loved every brick of this one
I've actually been inside that house. I visited it before the 2015 remodel. It's Victorian looking and grand with wonderful wood trim. My overall impression was it was dark colored and old but you could sense the life it used to have. Hidden away in a closet that had an authentic Worth dress. I remember because it was the first time I ever saw one in person. I was definitely dazzled by the house and thought it the most impressive historical mansion in Oklahoma City.
Absolutely beautiful home! Thank you for sharing all of the pictures! Whenever I watch one of your videos, I have the same favorite part of each home, and that is the staircase!
Fantastic home! Loved it all especially those ceilings.
I live in OKC currently. I must get there to see it in person. Thank you for this!
Another good job, Ken. I just had to laugh how you get us spoiled as we all have our own tastes and personal interests. So, in turn I have some episodes where I say "Wow" and others "Yawn." But I know you work hard on these and give you credit.
Now, let's go be a blessing.
That’s totally fair! Thanks for watching!
My favorite part was when I saw the velvet ropes. Once I saw the ropes I figured it was a museum. It’s beautiful. Unfortunately, so many of these beautiful mansions/homes it’s devastating to see them demolished.
Ornate and majestic without being creepy...
Fantastic video.
So AWESOME! I love an hour away in Lawton and sadly mostly all of our historic mansions are gone 😭😭
My favorite is the upstairs drawing room.
I look forward to Mansion Madness!!
Beautiful home and interesting that he selected an architect from London. Also nice that they enjoyed the house for many years, which often seems to be the exception when these large houses are built.
Well worth visiting - I've been 2x (lost all photos from 1st visit, when phone flew off roof the car, so I came back a year or two later). Very helpful docents and it does not tend to be crowded so you can spend some time. Never did a guided tour (if even offered) but you can wander through pretty much the entire house. Because the rooms are so large, you do miss some details on the ground floor where they are often roped off at the entrance, but given the fact that there's really no staff, makes some sense. Third floor also accessible and interesting although there had been some water damage between visits - roofing is always a bugbear. This is one of those one family houses that was transferred with contents intact when the last resident died (1959), so you get to see some of the updates made over the years + learn history of the family over time. Also, as someone else noted below, the surrounding neighborhood is worth a walk if you the time - many large gracious homes.
Great idea! On March madness. Im betting already on the winner! Biltmore for my vote!
Very specially outside and elegance inside, thanks for your video
Another happy ending video. They usually end with a demolition. I'd love to go see this place. What a house. AND the owners got to spend their lives there. That's good, so they didn't loose their money or run off to Europe like some, or many do! Like I've said before, so few people have REAL vision, and Henry Overholser had it big time!!
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How fun is your March Madness! Love it!
Thanks Ken & team!
I am... Astonished that Overholser put together a house this luxurious looking for less than 500K of the currency at the time! It's truly a testament to his crafty, methodical mind. I bet there was little to no unnecessary expense, then
I think it is lovely.🌹👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Absolutely gorgeous but warm and inviting .❤
I LOVE the exterior of this house but am somewhat underwhelmed by the interior except the upstairs sitting room and the master bedroom, both lovely. I hope they had beautiful gardens 😁
Thank you!
I’ll have to visit.
I’m new to OKC from California, so this will be a nice weekend experience.👍🏾
The son of Overholser Sr. was dating a particularly attractive young damsel who was introduced to her possible future father - in - law who was quite taken with her , and stole her away from his son and married her. She ended up living in the house until she passed. Their only child a daughter Henry Ione Overholser Perry also lived out her life in the house. At one time the carriage house contained a charging station for their Baker Electric automobile. I believe the Henry Overholser line is now extinct at least as far as Oklahoma City is concerned.
It’s a beautiful house and I regret I never managed to inside even though I lived very close to this house (downtown OKC) for years.
It's a nice one👍💪🇺🇸
Stan Hewit Hall is a wonderful mansion to tour. Thank you for all your work. ❤
Very nice
I’m from Oklahoma I have been in the house up in the attic at Halloween for ghost stories tellings ❤❤❤❤
they call it "tartarian" archetecture I like it looks very nice looking.
For as big as the house is the rooms seem small, but very nice.
Thank you.
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Much nicer than “The Breakers” in Newport. It looks warm and cozy, fit to live in. Not cold and monstrous like the northern mansions.
*Mansion Madness* sounds interesting.
A floor plan would make this more fun
I've enjoyed touring and attending events at this estate since childhood. The neighborhood surrounding this house was platted and developed by Mr Overholser as well, now called Heritage Hills and boasts some of the largest most ornate mansions in the city. He later developed another high end "housing addition" that became its own mini town within Oklahoma City called Nichols Hills. There is now a lake by the town of Bethany Oklahoma named after Overholser.
Edit - I was misremembering, Mr Overholser wasn't involved in the Nichols Hills addition, it was developed in 1929, after the death of Overholser. Thank you @Myonfrobisher for the correction.
This was a amazing home with such beautiful memories of a life lived to it’s fullest what a great place to have lived what beautiful history
Overholser had nothing to do with the development of Nichols Hills - G.A. Nichols was the developer - hence the name NICHOLS HILLS !!!!
@@myronfrobisher They were a partnership.
@@alexanderholloway7110 Henry Overholser died in 1915 - long before Nichols Hills was platted . G.A. Nichols also built many of the homes in Lincoln Terrace.
@@myronfrobisher Hmm, I stand corrected. I'm not certain why I was thinking they had a connection.
The outside of that house reminds me of one I saw in Newport, RI. I can't remember the name of the house/family though, it has been about 10 years since.
Ken, have you ever or will you ever post any of the houses in Saratoga Springs, NY? That's where I grew up and I would love to see some content from there. Thanks!
I’ll add it to my list of places to look into, I’m sure I’ll be able to find at least one to feature. Cheers!
Why no pictures of the kitchen?
🏢🌳 Have you considered doing the "Pink Palace", in Memphis? I believe his name was Loeb, the founder if the 1st Supermarket, "Puggly Wiggly", a Muesum now.
I hope a bit more History coukd be involved, making for about a 10 min review.
I’ll add it to my list of houses to look into, thanks!
I think the idea of which mansion is better is a cute idea, but the tiny pictures you give us to choose between are way too small to tell much about either house. Instead of just a tiny picture, why not put a link to the actual video about the mansion? That way we can see the original post about the house and see it in a much bigger and more detailed way. That is surely a better way to compare the houses.
It seems the Addams family’s house
This is a really beautiful house! I'm not that crazy about over-the-top Gilded Age homes, but I love this style. I imagine looking out of the top of the turret. Nice to know it's still with us.