Photos

Photo of ruins following fire in downtown Nowata, published in the Nowata Advertiser, February 1909. Artist rendering of the Thraves hotel at Pine and Delaware, which was the early name of the Savoy, photo published in the Nowata Advertiser on March 5, 1909. Residence of J.J. Riner, 1911. Residence of Nowata attorney J.A. Tillotson in 1911. Presbyterian Church under construction, March 1909. Portland Cement Company working to excavate limestone, August 1907. Portland Cement Company working to excavate limestone, August 1907. Postcard showing Pecan Street looking north, date unknown. Artist rendering of new Nowata school building, published in the Nowata Advertiser in April 1909. Nowata Fire Department, photo taken in 1910. Nowata train depot, date unknown Photo taken in Nowata, December 11, 1908 Home of Nowata attorney J.A. Tillotson, early 1900s. Photo of early Nowata businessman J.E. Campbell, March 1909 First National Bank, 1911 First Methodist Church built in 1911 Farmers Supply Company, March 1909 Episcopal Church in Nowata, date unknown Elks' saxophone band, published in the Nowata Advertiser, May 14, 1915. Court House building, early 1900s Commercial National Bank building, 1911 Church and parsonage in Nowata, date unknown Christian Church, built and dedicated in 1911 Bird's eye view of Nowata in August, 1907 Ben J. Scoville's new home in March 1909 Old grade school building, around 1950 High school, old location, 1954 Nowata Gymnasium, old high school, 1954 Wat Henry's Nowata Motors, 1954 Youtsey Propane Company, 1954 Wards Clothing Store, 1954 Roy E Cobbs Dry Goods, 1954 Jay's Jewelry, 1954 H.E. Ketcham Lumber Co, 1954 Griffin Oil Co., 1954 Warlick Studio, 1954 First National Bank, 1956 Downtown Nowata, 1956 Landers Bros Food Store, 1957 Nowata General Hospital, 1957 Clinic Hospital, 1957 Martin's Department Store 1957 Dugan and Myers, 1957 Bliss Restaurant, 1957 Downtown Nowata, looking north on Maple, 1958 Nowata High School, 1959 Victory National Bank, 1959 Standard Auto, 1959 Richardson Propane, 1960 Sooner Motors, 1961 The Sport Shop, 1961 Wards Clothing Store, 1961 Pitts Motor Co, 1964 J and M Food Packing Company, 1966 Robinson's Printing, 1968 Kerr McGee, 1968 Sharpe's Department Store, 1972 Patton Tire and Appliance, 1974 T.H. Rogers Lumber Company, 1976 Oklahoma Tire and Supply Co, 1977 Spike's Shop, 1977 Ideal Cafe, 1978 Pierce Pipe and Supply, around 1982. The Virginia Building, located along Cherokee Avenue east of Maple Street, was completed in 1909 and funded by businessman J.E. Campbell. The Savoy, a hotel with more than five dozen rooms, was built in 1909 to welcome those coming to Nowata following the oil and gas boom of the early 20th century. It later served as the county hospital and has since been abandoned, despite efforts to renovate it. The Campbell Hotel, opened in 1912, is located at the southwest corner of Cherokee and Pine. The Glass Home located at 324 W. Delaware, was completed in 1933 for Nowata banker, lawyer and oil man J. Wood Glass and his wife Eva. It was completed at a cost of $40,000, which would be around 800-thousand dollars in today's money. The Kentucky Building, located along Maple Street north of Cherokee Avenue, was built in 1912. U.S. Federal Post Office in Nowata, constructed as part of the New Deal in 1940. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009 and includes a mural by Woody Crumbo, which was erected in 1943. The Nowata courthouse, located on Maple Street north of Delaware Avenue, was officially dedicated in July 1912. The cost of the construction was $70,313.20, which would be around $1.8 million in today's money. Advertisement in the Delaware News announcing the opening of the new Rex Theatre in Nowata. The ad ran in the February 26th, 1920 edition. Once home to the Rex Theater, this building on the northeast corner of Maple and Delaware is now home to an auto repair shop. The building is believed to have been built around 1920 with the theater opening on March 1, 1920.