The Renaissance Neighborhood History Project

The house that originally sat on this lot was owned by Grandma and Grandpa Waldrep.  They owned and operated the Waldrep Candy Company.  Kids in the neighborhood never missed trick-or-treating at their house…they gave out big chunks of fudge at Halloween.    A fellow blogger wrote about them here:  http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/06/candy-man.html .  Check out the post and see the Waldrep Candy Company Building on 3rd Street that still stands. Here are few pictures of the Candy Company from the Tulsa Historical Society Archives.  Also- the Tulsa Historical Society has the candy tin pictured below on display.   References:   Holderman, J. (2019, October 5). Personal interview.  Also present were C. Holderman and P. Casey Morgan. Tulsa Gal.  (June 14, 2019).  Retrieved from:  http://www.tulsagal.net/2010/06/candy-man.html

Obituary of a house.   By P. Casey Morgan My friend, Arena Mueller, writes house histories – intriguing stories that include past residents , original owners of the land, years of construction, unusual features and vintage fixtures . She weaves tales of candy store proprietors and brothel owners , of soldiers and bootleggers, of schoolteachers and juvenile delinquents. The ordinary looking house you drive by every day suddenly looks mysterious when you read descriptions of the locked drugstore safe in the basement or the 1940s time capsule found in the chimney by the current owners. She makes these places come alive.  This is a story about a house that is dead.  When I was growing up, my parents read both newspapers every day – The Tulsa World in the morning and The Tulsa Tribune in the evening. One August night when I was fifteen, my father (who usually read the paper without comment), said, “Hey! Honey, look – it’s our old house on Rosedale.” Mom and I lea...