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The Prairie House Foundation was incorporated on January 04, 2002 in Duncan, Oklahoma by a concerned citizen, Mrs. Jerry Pat (Gail) Loafman, after she purchased the W. T. Foreman house from the Duncan School System in an attempt to prevent its demise. Mrs. Loafman sold the house to the Prairie House Foundation on May 15, 2002. The W. T. Foreman house is important both historically and architecturally to Duncan and the state of Oklahoma. It is one of Duncan’s oldest, most extant examples of the Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie House style of architecture. Built around 1907-1917, the house is a two-story buff brick icon for the community, standing just south of the old Junior High Auditorium and two blocks north of Main. It is at the "entrance" to Duncan’s Central Residential District. This district is Duncan’s only area currently eligible to be listed as a historic. The W. T. Foreman House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 5, 2003. On July 15, 2003, we were officially accepted as an Oklahoma Centennial Celebration site. We are honored to hold that title along with the Chisholm Trail Heritage Center here in Duncan. |
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Our Mission: Our Mission is to renovate and preserve the historically and architecturally significant former residence of W. T. Foreman at 814 W. Oak, in Duncan. |
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| 2. To allow the public to hold wedding and baby showers, luncheons, and other small events in the house. |
| 3. To help encourage more public tourism in our area through the use of the structure. |
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The Prairie House Foundation is an official project of the Oklahoma Centennial Commemoration and is funded in part through a grant made possible by the Oklahoma Legislature |
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The W.T. Foreman Parairehouse Foundation Duncan, Oklahoma (580) 251-0027 |