This corner lot escaped the Nichols touch and remained vacant until 1923 when Edward F. Wallace, president of the Wallace Brokerage Company, purchased it and built this ten-room brick dwelling for $50,000. Advertised in the newspaper as the “Largest Model Electric Home in the Country,” it was selected by the Oklahoma City Electric Club to exhibit all the wonders of the new electrical age.

When the house opened for inspection in the fall, guides from the club led visitors through each room, pointing out electric fixtures, electrical appliances, electrical wiring, and an electric elevator, complete with electric buttons and automatic stopping on each floor.

The two-story brick was just as contemporary as it was technologically modern. The overall appearance reflects the influences of Frank Lloyd Wright and his Prairie School of Architecture, with strong horizontal lines, massive concentrations of brick, wide eaves, and flat-topped roof.

Inside, the floorplan includes Wright features such as large open rooms and liberal use of windows as decoration. There is a small vestibule with beveled glass doors. The woodwork is damar minyak wood. An open stairwell enters into the living room which leads to the sunroom with raise-paneled ceilings and tile floors.

In 1944 the house was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Stuart. Frank, owner and president of the Outdoor Advertising Company, died only five years later. His son, Dan D. Stuart, then moved in to run the family company, which specialized in “painted billboards covering Oklahoma, North Texas, and Southern Kansas.”

In 1959, while the Governor’s Mansion on N.E. 23rd was being remodeled, the home served as a temporary Governor’s Mansion for recently elected J. Howard Edmondson and his wife, Jeannette. For six months, the Edmondsons used the house on 19th as temporary headquarters for everything from political strategy meetings to family meals. After the landmark first legislative session was completed, the reform-minded governor hosted a celebration in the Heritage Hills home.

Four years later, it was purchased by Nell and Moss Patterson. Patterson was a well-known pioneer in the transportation industry who started with several Ford dealerships, then organized the Oklahoma Transportation Company, one of the largest interstate bus lines in the region during the 1950s. Nell and Moss were both avid aviators.

The Pattersons undertook a major remodeling. They completely gutted and enlarged the kitchen, installed St. Charles cabinets, redecorated most of the rooms in French Provincial, and installed new bathrooms.

Another extensive renovation was completed in 1989 when the home was purchased by longtime Heritage Hills residents, Dr. Paul F. & Judy Lambert. They rewired, repointed brick, repaired and painted the aging trim, reworked every wall and ceiling, uncovered and refinished oak floors, and stripped and refinished wood trim. The basement has been redone as an office and audio room. They featured the home on the 1992 Home Tour.

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