The Colonial on College has stood steady sentinel for almost one hundred years. The walls have sheltered college professors, an early Tulsa oil man and a real-life Lois Lane. The home has seen hopes and dreams come true, disappointments, sorrows and tragedy, rowdy celebrations and deep family bonds. But we, of course, must start even before the house was built, when College Avenue was part of assigned lands in Indian Territory. Mary Jane Perryman The history of the land on the east side of the Renaissance Neighborhood starts with Mary Jane Perryman. Dan and Mollie Pilcher The Pilchers were early Tulsa pioneers who acquired land from Mary Jane Perryman. They developed the area where the College Colonial would eventually be built. According to their great-granddaughter: Dan and Mollie Pilcher were my great-grandparents. They moved to Tulsa from Pierce City, Missouri in 1901. I know he dealt in real estate, but don't know the details. One family story, unverified, was that he
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.