National Register Record for GALT-FRANKLIN HOME

Historic Name: GALT-FRANKLIN HOME
Current Name: None
Address: 400 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD
City: ARDMORE            County: CARTER
Section: 18           Township: 4S           Range: 2E          
Description of significance: CONSTRUCTED IN 1915 FOR OILMAN ED GALT, THIS RENNAISSANCE REVIVAL STYLE HOUSE WAS DESIGNED BY THE HOUSTON ARCHITECTURAL FIRM RUSSELL BROWN & COMPANY. GALT SOLD THE HOUSE IN 1922 TO HIS PARTNER, WIRT FRANKLIN. GALT AND FRANKLIN WERE PIONEER DEVELOPERS OF THE HEALDTON OIL FIELD. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 5/22/86.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: SINGLE DWELLING
Current Function: 01A SINGLE DWELLING
Area of Significance 1: 030 ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: RENNAISSANCE REVIAL
Architect: RUSSELL BROWN & CO, ARCHITECTS
Year Built: 1915            Original Site: YES
Condition: POOR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: RISTER, CARL COKE, "OIL! TITAN OF THE SOUTHWEST", UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, 1949, PP. 126-127, 130, 132, 185, 251, 257-258, 373; FORBES, GERALD, "FLUSH PRODUCTION: THE EPIC OF OIL IN THE GULF SOUTHWEST", UNIV OF OKLA. PRESS, 1942, P. 34-35, 187-188;
Date Prepared: NOVEMBER, 1984