National Register Record for MARLAND-PARIS HOUSE

Historic Name: MARLAND-PARIS HOUSE
Current Name: None
Address: 1000 EAST GRAND
City: PONCA CITY            County: KAY
Section: NE 1/4 SECTION 24           Township: 26N           Range: 2E          
Description of significance: THE MARLAND-PARIS HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1916 IN THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE STYLE. DESIGNED BY RENOWNED OKLAHOMA CITY ARCHITECT, GEORGE FORSYTH, THIS RESIDENCE IS TWO-AND-ONE-HALF-STORIES, CLAD IN STUCCO, WITH A HIPPED CLAY TILE ROOF. THE MARLAND-PARIS HOUSE WAS THE ORIGINAL PONCA CITY HOME OF E.W. MARLAND, OKLAHOMA OIL TYCOON, GOVERNOR, AND LEGISLATOR. IT LATER BECAME THE HOME OF JAY G. PARIS, LOCAL BUSINESSMAN AND RANCHER. MORE RECENTLY, IT HAS SERVED AS A COMMUNITY CENTER AND MUSEUM. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 9/28/1976.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: DOMESTIC: SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: SOCIAL: MEETING HALL
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: INDUSTRY
Architectural Style: ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Architect: FORSYTH, GEORGE, ARCHITECT
Year Built: 1914-1916            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: NOVEMBER 1975