Architectural Rendering Donated
The THS has received a beautiful new addition to its collections. An architectural
rendering of the Fairgrounds Agricultural Building, designed by Frederick Alexander
Duggan, was donated by Alice Georgine Wilborn Norman Roth and her sister Lina Sue
Wilborn, nieces of Mr. Duggan.
Duggan practiced in Tulsa from 1916 to 1955. He designed the Immanuel Baptist
Church at the southwest corner of 3rd and Xanthus (1928) as well as several Tulsa
residences. His early work was in St. Louis, where he designed a number of theaters.
Although extensive plans were drawn, the Art Deco Agricultural Building was never
built. The donated rendering, an exquisite 38" x 18" watercolor, provides a glimpse of the ambitious plans the community once held for the Fairgrounds.
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