What do the Masonic Lodge Building (now the Journal Record building), the old multistory Kinkade Hotel and Lawrence Hotel, a small town jail, an Army Chapel at Fort Sill (1933) and Wesley United Methodist Church (1928) share in common?
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| Masonic Lodge/Journal Record Building designed by Leonard H. Bailey |
The architectural skill of Leonard H. Bailey and the firm Bailey and Alden. After completing training in London, Bailey traveled to the United States, finally arriving in Oklahoma in 1903. William Matthews, busy then designing the Overholser Mansion, took him on as a very junior partner.
As Oklahoma entered the Union in 1907, he was launching out with his own firm. He went into partnership with another local man, Virgil D. Alden in 1920. Both men were members of the American Institute of Architecture.
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| Postcard of the Hotel Kingkade designed by Leonard H. Bailey |
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| Wesley Methodist Church (UMC), designed by Leonard H. Bailey and his partner Virgil D. Allen, 1927-1928. |
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| Wesley Methodist Church Interior - Bailey and Allen architects, 1928 |
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| New Post Chapel, Fort Sill, Ok (1933) designed by Leonard H. Bailey |
1 comment:
I'm pleased you're a fan of my great-grandfather's architecture, but his first name is LEONARD not Lawrence; his full name was Leonard Henry Bailey. When you have a moment, would you please correct it in your blog? Many thanks! Bailey P.
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