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.

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.

Our Goal:
To raise approximately $300,000.00 we anticipate needing to renovate and furnish the structure. Our first need was to obtain approximately $40,000.00 for repairs to stabilize the house and prevent further deterioration due to the water problem on the East side.

Our Objective:
To do all renovation and repair through the use of as many local citizens as have a desire to be a part in helping restore and save the old building. To let the children collect pennies at school to help renovate the house. To attempt to collect at least $10.00 from everyone in Duncan and nearby areas

Our Proposed Use:
1. To have children’s school bus tours through which the youth can learn about early Oklahoma building practices (tube & knob wiring, lathe and plaster walls, 2x10’s instead of 2x4’s), old phone connections, old fashioned methods of the usual household chores, and old methods for some sports, etc.

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.