I love our little yellow-brick gingerbread house with its two original chandeliers. The couple that owned the home the longest--40 years--were Ray and Margaret Hillman. Ray played in a swing band around the Tulsa area. I found some ads in old newspapers for his events. I love the fact that our home has been music-filled for so many years. My husband perpetuates this tradition with his own piano and guitar melodies. Nonetheless, I haven’t been able to uncover any particular intriguing history about our home or its previous residents. ***** However, I did uncover an interesting personal connection from my research of the Renaissance Neighborhood of Tulsa. In some of the first documents in my property abstract, before there were any houses, before W. P. Miles subdivided the land, but after it had been allotted to citizens of the native Creek Tribe, I noticed a name: Harry Heasley. My mother’s maiden name is Heasley and our fam
The Renaissance Neighborhood is defined by 11th Street on the North, 15th Street on the South, Lewis Avenue on the West and Harvard Avenue on the East. This is the heart of midtown Tulsa.