This was the most expensive home on the block, completed by Nichols during the busy winter of 1918–1919. It was sold for $22,865 to the namesake of an honored Choctaw family, Louis LeFlore.

LeFlore, born in the Indian Territory, attended Fort Smith High School and Kemper Military Academy, then returned to the territory and entered politics. In 1917 he moved to Oklahoma City and entered the real estate business. Throughout his life LeFlore remained active in politics, serving as director of the powerful State Board of Public Affairs and clerk of the influential State Land Commission.

From 1944 to 1984 the home was owned by Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Drake. Mrs. Drake was well known throughout the neighborhood for her large rose garden in the backyard and the chinchillas she raised in an upstairs bedroom. After Dr. Drake’s death, the house sat vacant during the latter 1970s and 1980s before it was sold in 1984 to Carolyn and Sam Gresham. Carolyn had grown up in the neighborhood at 416 NW 21st and 1703 Hudson. Sam was an architect especially noted for his work on additions and renovations to historic homes in the area. The Greshams repaired the damage of neglect, replumbed, added central heat and air, gutted the kitchen, and completely relandscaped.

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