Mid-Continent Life Building

{{Short description|Historic building in Oklahoma City, US}}

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File:Oklahoma City, OK USA - Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum ( Heritage Hills - 1400 Classen Drive) - panoramio.jpgThe Mid-Continent Life Building is a historic building at 1400 Classen Drive in Heritage Hills, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was built by Col. R.T. Stuart, who was the founder of the Mid-Continent Life Insurance Co to house his company and was designed by Solomon Layton and opened in 1927.{{Cite news|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/purchase-arranged-for-mid-continent-building/article_9a0f1408-9e9d-5b43-be4c-bb336bd62b15.html|title=Purchase arranged for Mid-Continent building|last=Service|first=World's own|work=Tulsa World|access-date=2018-05-23|language=en}}{{cite news|last1=Phillips |first1=Mary |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/lifestyle/2016/05/16/the-archivist-zoning-dispute-threatened-icon-of-neoclassical-style/60674064007/|title=The Archivist: Zoning dispute threatened icon of neoclassical style|date=16 May 2016|work=The Oklahoman|accessdate=25 February 2025}} It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/state/ok/index.htm?program=all|title=Oklahoma (U.S. National Park Service)|website=www.nps.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-05-23}} The building was purchased in 2001 by the Oklahoma Heritage Association using a donation of $3 million by Edward Gaylord. The building is now home to the Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum, home of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. The building's design is Neoclassical.{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMANJV_Mid_Continent_Life_Building_Oklahoma_City_OK|title=Mid-Continent Life Building - Oklahoma City, OK - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com|website=www.waymarking.com|accessdate=22 May 2018}}