This building, originally built in 1930 by
architect J.B. White, was called the
Gilbert Building. It was renamed the
Ardmoreite Building in 1966 when it
became the home of The Daily
Ardmoreite. Between 1930 and 1966
many businesses . . . — — Map (db m142416) HM
On November 9, 1905 Mattie Dobbins purchased this lot from the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations for the sum of $252.60. Ms. Dobbins entered into a 10 year lease contract with the Banker's Trust Co. on July 31, 1906 for a $50.00 per month rental on the . . . — — Map (db m286797) HM
Carter County was created in 1907 from part of the old Chickasaw Nation. Pickens County was renamed Carter County in honor of Ben Carter, prominent Native American of the Chickasaw Nation. Members of the Constitutional Convention chose Ardmore as . . . — — Map (db m286796) HM
This park was created between 1933 and 1940 by members of Civilian Conservation Corps Companies 1813 and 849, two of many organized by the federal government during the Great Depression. To provide useful employment for thousands of young men . . . — — Map (db m212797) HM
Daubes’ Department Store was a long time landmark on Main Street of Ardmore.
The original Daube Store was opened in Bowie, Texas, in 1883, and was owned by Sam Daube.
In about 1888, when the Ardmore area was in Pickens County, Indian . . . — — Map (db m142482) HM
The construction of this courthouse was
financed in 1898 by two private
entrepreneurs, Joe F. Robinson and
A. V. Doak. The building was leased to the Federal
Government and the court was presided over by
Judge Hosea Townsend. This fourth . . . — — Map (db m142411) HM
Before statehood in 1907 Lewis Robert Marston began laying sidewalks in Ardmore, I.T. Before 1907 Mr. Marston poured the first sidewalk around what would become the Carter County Courthouse in 1910. This piece of concrete is from the original . . . — — Map (db m286798) HM
Two years after the City of Ardmore was founded, the First National Bank & Trust Company of Ardmore began as a private bank in 1889 by J. F. Anderson and his son, Charles. Within a year, a national charter was granted, giving the bank the honor of . . . — — Map (db m282382) HM
A Methodist college once stood here. Begun by the City of Ardmore it was given to the Indian Mission Conference of the Methodist Church. Named in honor of Bishop Robt. K. Hargrove. In 1907 the school burned but was rebuilt north of the city. It . . . — — Map (db m141620) HM
The Hotel Wisnor, named in honor of Benjamin Wisnor Carter, prominent Chickasaw citizen, was built on this site in 1884 and was the first and finest establishment of its kind in Indian Territory. The three-story building of brick and stone had 50 . . . — — Map (db m142485) HM
In 1893, E.B. Luke came to Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation, from Detroit, Michigan. At the time, his brother, Jack Luke, operated a music and school book store in Oklahoma City, and urged E.B. to open this same type of store in Ardmore. So in 1895, E.B. . . . — — Map (db m142420) HM
On April 19, 1895 a fire broke out in Harper’s Caddo Street Livery Stable. It quickly spread and consumed six blocks of East Main Street from the Santa Fe Railroad tracks to Washington (then known as Springer Street). Eighty-six businesses were . . . — — Map (db m142489) HM
The Noble Brothers, Sam and Ed, arrived in Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation, in 1893, from Oakland Prairie, Pickens County, after a brief sojourn in Pottsboro, Texas, where they were partners in a general merchandise business and operated a ferry crossing . . . — — Map (db m142481) HM
The original Whittington Hotel was opened on the corner of Caddo and Main Street in 1891. It was rebuilt with brick and sandstone following Ardmore’s Great Fire of 1895. It had the town’s first metal-cage Otis elevator. The hotel was closed in 1965 . . . — — Map (db m286898) HM
Before 1899, J.W. Banks built, at this site, a mercantile establishment combined with lodging quarters. In 1903, W.F. (Dixie) Gilmer arrived from North Carolina and leased the hotel which was a three story structure with rooms on the second and . . . — — Map (db m142422) HM
Built in 1918, the Simpson Building was Ardmore's first attempt at building a skyscraper office building. B. A. Simpson, P. C. Dings, and Roy M. Johnson, all of Ardmore, financed the building's construction. The building's first floor facade was . . . — — Map (db m287097) HM
