Strother Memorial Chapel - Maple Grove Cem. - Seminole, OK
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hamquilter
N 35° 14.047 W 096° 41.119
14S E 710634 N 3901461
This beautiful chapel is located in the Maple Grove Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMX4XD
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 11/27/2017
Views: 3
Located at the center of Maple Grove Cemetery stands this beautiful Gothic sand stone chapel. It was constructed in 1927 and dedicated to O.D. Strother by his daughter. Strother founded Home Stake Oil & Gas Company, which drilled many local wells. The ones which were great producers were drilled shortly after Strother's death on March 17, 1926.
This is a beautiful chapel, constructed at a cost of $25,000 by Susan Simpson, daughter of O.D. Strother. It was dedicated in 1928, at the center of the cemetery he loved. The building is slightly rectangular, and made of buff colored sand stone. At reach corner stands a round tower which rises above the roof line. High parapet walls hide the low hipped roof. The south side has a central stone chimney which is 7 ft. wide at the base, and projects 18 inches from the wall. Flanking the chimney are multi-paned casement windows with brick sills and lintels. Brick is used to embellish the walls and windows with basket weave blocks and borders.
The entrances on the east and west are double wood doors, with brick embellishments, including a brick shaped shield at the roof line, and narrow arched crevices which hold statues. The north wall has two separate wood doors.
The chapel was placed on the National Register in 2003 and is available free of charge to families of the deceased.
Street address:
1201 Van Drive
Cem. entrance on E. Strother Rd.
Seminole, OK US
74868
County / Borough / Parish: Seminole County, OK
Year listed: 2003
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1925-1949
Historic function: Religion
Current function: Religion
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
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Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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