439 NW 16th

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History

Dennis Flynn built this Georgian Revival home in 1921 for his son Streeter and daughter-in-law, Margaret. Born in Pennsylvania in 1861, Dennis became Guthrie's first postmaster and a four-term delegate to Congress from the Oklahoma Territory. He also became a prominent Oklahoma City attorney and founder of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company and was inducted in the first class of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1928.


Dennis married Addie M. Blanton in 1887. They had four children, Dorothy, Dennis, Streeter, and Olney. Streeter, born in 1892, spent his youth in Guthrie, Washington, and Oklahoma City. He then attended Yale and Columbia and served in the Navy during World War I.

 

Streeter married Margaret “Peggy” Hurd Tuttle on October 18, 1919. Born June 22, 1897, Peggy was a native of Washington, D.C. whose grandfather had been assistant secretary of the treasury. Her father was a businessman who developed real estate near the national capitol.

After a honeymoon in Europe, the young newlyweds returned to Oklahoma City and moved into the Huckins Hotel. Residing at 433 N.W. 15th Street, Dennis purchased these lots on16th Street and hired his architect friend Peyton Weymiss-Smith to design this home for Streeter and Peggy.

Streeter went on to establish a successful law career, first with Flynn, Ames and Williams, then with Rainey, Flynn, Green and Anderson. His specialty was corporate law, in particular railroad law, and he served many years as a director of the Santa Fe Railroad.

 

Constructed under the supervision of Hawk and Parr, the house is typically Georgian Revival. Among the exterior features of this style are the paneled wooden shutters with iron holds flanking multi-paned windows and simple gables. The center entry, which features doric pilasters and an ornate fan light above the six paneled colonial door, is an extremely fine example of Georgian style. One of the most unique features is the pink brick, ordered from Vermont.

 

The interior features a Vermont marble floor in the entryway and there is a classic central hall that extends from the front of the house to the rear. Curved archways and classical ceiling moldings are throughout the home. The house originally ended on the north side at what was known as the card room. Three years after moving in, the Flynns added a north wing. In 1923, a non-attached garage was added as well as a guest room over the garage. Streeter and Peggy had three children, Peggy, Adelaide, and Streeter, Jr.

 

Streeter died June 1, 1971,and Peggy died in April 1989 at age 91. Streeter, Jr. moved into the home in 1989 and began a general rehabilitation. Born November 12, 1929, he attended Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, the University of Oklahoma and graduated from the Oklahoma State University in 1954. He established the Streeter B. Flynn, Jr. Railroad Collection in conjunction with the Oklahoma State University Library. He was an officer of the First National Bank and Trust Company and a noted historian and genealogist. He was also a Major in the United States Army Reserve. Streeter, Jr. featured the home on the 1992 Home Tour.

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