The Signal Addition, where the property at hand is located, was established in 1923 by Miss Pearl May Alexander. Miss Alexander was the daughter of Mr. C. P. Alexander, one of the largest property owners in Tulsa in the 20’s and 30’s. He probably arranged for his daughter to have the property in her name since, according to the 1920 Census, she was 31 years of age and unmarried. Mr. Jack Edmond Stegall bought a number of lots in the Signal Addition, possibly for development, but also, it turned out, for himself. He purchased nearly the entire east side of Evanston Avenue between Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets. Jack Edmond Stegall Jack Stegall was one of those men who lived in the early 20 th century and blazed his own path. According to his granddaughter: “My grandad was a real self-made man. He was a cowboy, surveyed for the railroad, carpenter, house builder, cabinet maker and, most impressive, an antique clock hunter an...
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.