“Daddy Tom” Sherry built the two-story brick building on the southeast corner of Eleventh Street and Atlanta Place in 1928. The first floor held a grocery store and there were four apartments upstairs. When Daddy Tom died, the Sipes rented the building and ran the Sipes Grocery on the first floor. During World War II, the building was transformed into a school that taught riveting. From there, riveters went to work for McDonnell Douglass. Other establishments in the building over the years included a Jewish Synagogue and a secretarial/office management business. Today, the building is owned by BAMA Company and serves as a wellness center for their employees. Tom Sherry died in a gas explosion in 1933. He is buried near his wife in Rose Hill Cemetery. References: Holderman, J. (2019, October 5). Personal interview. Also present were C. Holderman and P. Casey Morgan. Jones, L. (June 24, 2016) BAMA Companies invests in its people through employee welln...
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.