In 1921 developer John J. Kirsch took out a building permit for $6,000 to build this Colonial Revival home. Dominant architectural features of the home are the Roman Tuscan style columns that flank the front porch. The columns are made of cast stone and stand over 15 feet tall.

It was home for forty years to Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Crum, natives of St. Louis, who had a chain of shoe stores in Oklahoma City. The Crum’s son, Cyrus, III, was born in 1920 and attended Wilson Elementary and Harding Junior High. Upon graduating from Yale in 1942 and the Harvard Business School in 1943, Cyrus, III, was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He and his wife, Jean Ann Conner, later returned to Oklahoma City where Cyrus joined his father in the family-owned shoe business. He also owned and operated the Bargain Outlet for almost 30years.

John and Kathy Jacobsen purchased the home in 2002 and began renovations. The original saddleback staircase that opened to the downstairs bath was removed. In its place, they created a grand staircase and built a tiled wine bar with a rare, hammered copper sink where the entrance to the staircase in the back had been. They also remodeled the kitchen, bathrooms and each of the four sitting rooms. The Jacobsens featured their home on the 2003 Home Tour.

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