In 1907 John F. Winans platted a new subdivision that extended from 16th to 19th streets and from Broadway to Walker. Two of the first lots sold in the new addition went to Olive and Joseph Huckins, Jr. Joseph was born May 14, 1870, in St. Louis, Missouri. Ida Olive was born September 27, 1876, in Clinton, Iowa. They were married on June 1, 1895, and had two children, Joseph and Glory.

The Huckins family moved to Oklahoma City in 1908. Joseph was a hotelier and he came to rebuild the Lee-Huckins Hotel. One of several hotels his father had purchased since 1887,it became the most luxurious, standing ten stories tall with 450 rooms. The Huckins earned the label as the most elegant hotel in the Southwest. The hotel had a number of famous guests, including Buffalo Bill Cody and Theodore Roosevelt. When the capitol was moved to Oklahoma City in 1910 the hotel served temporarily as the state capitol building.

In 1915, despite the economic recession that had gripped the state since 1911, Joseph decided it was time to develop his lots on Hudson Avenue. He hired one of the state’s leading architects, James W. Hawk, and started work on a new home. The original plans specified a Victorian-era design, but sometime during construction the plans were changed to Georgian Revival.

The superstructure of the home is formed from interlocking tiles and the veneer is red brick. An incongruous contrast to the Colonial features is the red tiled roof, laid in a French Ribbon design with Imperial Tile. Other elements of Hawk's design include the ornate entryway with classical pilasters, the oversized gables supported by brackets, and the exposed rafter tails, one of the first instances where this Southern California bungalow motif was used in the neighborhood.

The interior of the home is just as unique. All the woodwork is mahogany, and the floors are narrow cross-cut white oak. The wide entry hall opens into a spacious living room on one side and a dining room on the other.

The grand staircase sweeps upward to an inviting sitting area on the first landing.

The house was completely modern for its time, with central heating and a central vacuum system. Reflecting Huckins' connections with the hotel industry, the bathroom fixtures were stamped "American Hotel Supply."

Joseph died August 24, 1933,and Olive died October 26, 1934. The house then changed hands several times until it was purchased in 1969 by Margôt and Charles R. Nesbitt.

Charles was born August30, 1921, in Miami, Oklahoma. He received a BS in Government from the University of Oklahoma in 1942. He then served overseas in Patton’s army in Bavaria as a specialist in tank gunnery. An attorney with a law degree from Yale, Charles was elected Attorney General of Oklahoma in 1962. He also served as Chairman of the State Corporation Commission and Oklahoma Secretary of Energy.

Margôt Lord was born February 13, 1927, in Tonbridge, Kent, England. In 1930, at the age of three, she immigrated to the United States with her parents. She grew up in Wichita Falls, Texas, moving to Oklahoma City in 1942 when her father was stationed at Tinker Air Force Base. During World War II she worked in the air traffic tower at Tinker while attending Central High School. She completed the Master of Arts in Art History and the Ph.D. in Medieval History at the University of Oklahoma.

Charles and Margôt met at OU and were married in 1948. In 1954 they purchased their first home in Heritage Hills at 416 NW 21st where they raised their three children, Nancy, Douglas, and Carolyn.

After they moved into their home on Hudson, the Nesbitts enlarged the kitchen to include the butler's and cook's pantries, converted the icebox room to a breakfast room, and made many general improvements. The large rooms and high ceilings made a beautiful setting for the Nesbitt’s collection of eighteenth-century English and French antiques, paintings, and oriental rugs.

The Nesbitts were instrumental in early preservation efforts in the neighborhood.

Charles was a member of Historical Preservation, Inc., serving twice as president. He was an avid gardener and his flowers were enjoyed by all the neighborhood. Charles was also very active in the Oklahoma Museum of Art. Margôt served in many roles at St. Paul’s Cathedral through the years including deacon, Priest, and Canon. She focused her ministry on aging and illness issues and grief recovery.

Charles died July 5, 2007,at the age of 85. Margôt died March 24, 2021, at the age of 94. Their daughter, Nancy, and son, Douglas, continue to live in Heritage Hills with their families.

Carter and Fred Fellers purchased the home in 2013. Having moved from Charleston, SC, the birthplace of the historic preservation movement in the US, the young couple loved the history of the house and the neighborhood. The Fellers updated much of the interior, being careful to maintain the architectural integrity and reuse materials such as the doorknobs installed by the Nesbitts that featured the state seal of Oklahoma.

The kitchen and upstairs bathrooms were taken down to the studs. Other spaces were reconfigured to become even more open, such as the kitchen, master bathroom, and a walk-in closet which was formerly a sitting room. The distinctive interior decorating was done by Carter herself, who owns an interior decorating business. Using light cheerful colors, and comfortable furniture designed for entertaining, the home was a welcoming place for family and friends. The Fellers featured the home on the 2016 Home Tour.

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