212 NW 18th

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History

This American Colonial/Georgian style home was built and designed by G.A. Nichols in 1922. It was purchased under construction by Chicago native C.E. Sharpe, a pioneer retailer who moved to Woodward in 1899 and started the Sharpe Lumber Company. He and his wife Mabel helped build Woodward into the largest town in the western part of the old Cherokee Outlet. They bought the home as a city residence for Mabel and their daughter. Their daughter was an accomplished musician with career aspirations as a concert performer and they thought she would receive better training in Oklahoma City than in the rural areas of the state. Despite their move to Oklahoma City in 1922, Sharpe's Lumber Company was a mainstay in the Woodward economy for more than 70 years.

Dr. and Mrs. Clyde Loy bought the house in 1940. They enclosed the side porch, built an art deco style bay window, added a fireplace, paneled several walls in mahogany, and removed a wall upstairs to create one large bedroom. The original porch railing was moved to the top of the bay window to form a crown.

The exterior of this house features dormer windows, a gabled roof with stucco inserts, a hooded stoop with simple columns, and symmetrical placement of multi-paned windows. The interior of this home is an example of the "saddleback" floorplan, in which a stairwell is located in the center of the structure, and splits at a landing leading into the kitchen on one side, and into the living room on the other. It features beautiful crown moldings in all the rooms, original hardwood floors downstairs, and an Adams-style mantle in the living room. The dining room featured an 18th Century English brass chandelier.

Tom A. Fuller and John B, Chadwick, Jr. purchased the home in 1974 and completely renovated the interior. They also added central heat and air. Originally this home had four bedrooms and one bathroom. Tom and John combined two bedrooms and a sleeping porch to create a master suite. They added French doors from the kitchen and the breakfast room leading to the terrace. They also built a swimming pool and brick patio and created formal gardens. The home was featured in several local and national publications as well as national advertising campaigns. The home was featured on the 1993 Historic Homes Tour.

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