Boston Avenue Methodist Church

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National Register Listed: Yes

The Boston Avenue Methodist Church was hailed as the country's first church designed in a strictly American style of architecture. Credit for the building's design is still debated in Tulsa. One account credits Tulsa art teacher Adah Robinson, while others credit her former student, Bruce Goff. At best the design was a cooperative effort with iconography and color theory supplied by Robinson. The building's structural plans undoubtedly were the work of Goff, while employed at the Tulsa architectural firm of Rush, Endicottt and Rush.