627 NW 14th

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History

This home is a unique fusion of styles and another landmark home in Heritage Hills. Dominated by a compacted Victorian-era turret and a sweeping circular porch, the home was built by Mr. Thomas Campbell in 1907 for $5000.

Builders of the home connected the dominant turret to a gambrel roof over a shallow bungalow-style gable on the east, giving this home its distinctive curb appeal. Brick columns support the deep circular porch. In the entry hallway, the original coffered ceiling is a rich wood tone while the floors are golden oak and red mahogany parquet with a Greek key pattern. An entry bench is built against the stairway. Pocket doors connect or separate the various rooms on the first floor. And intimate parlor is the first room from the entry. An original fireplace enhances the round living room. The unusual rounded exterior wall of the living room features multi-paned glass detail in the many windows. In fact, windows are a dominant feature of the home, with a total of 1260 panes of glass. Behind the living room is the formal dining room with chandelier and glass-fronted display cases. Patio doors lead to the secluded backyard with it landscaped pool area, detached garage, and guest quarters in the back.

The home changed hands several times and eventually became a boarding house. In 1970, the distressed property was put on the market for $13,500, attracting the interest of the newly formed Historical Preservation Board. While HPI was looking into securing a loan to rescue the house, the place was sold to a private owner and converted back to single-family living.

Mark Zimmer, from California, purchased the property in 1997. He completed an extensive renovation: refinishing the parquet floors, re-plastering the walls, restoring the home’s original colors, replacing the galvanized gutters with copper, and cleaning each of the 1,260 panes of glass. The Sloans, former owners, remodeled the kitchen. A den with windows on three sides is located off the landing at the stairway above the porte-cochere. There is colorful stained glass above the entry to the den installed by former owners R. L. and Sharon Styles. Three bedrooms are on the second floor. Directly above the living room, the largest of the bedrooms is also round and has windows to the many mature trees on the property and a view of the circular metal porch roof below. The fireplace in this bedroom is directly above the living room fireplace. Second story floors are clear heart pine. In the basement, the owner has created a media room. The original cistern is also located in the basement.

Sharon & R.L. Styles were also known for their Atomic Bomber arcade video game that was in the entry of the home. It was a big hit with all the neighborhood kids!

And this house was one of 4 corner houses for the boundaries of the nightly Hide & Seek game in the summers in the 1970s.  

Stephen Sloan was a terrorism expert and was consulted in the first reports on the news at the time of the OKC Bombing.

Mark Zimmer has been known all through the years as the talented Heritage Hills photographer!

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