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The Mid-Continent Life Building is a historic building at 1400 Classen Drive in Heritage Hills,
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. 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. It was listed on the
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in 1979. The building was purchased in 2001 by the Oklahoma Heritage Association using a donation of $3 million by
Edward Gaylord Edward Lewis Gaylord (May 28, 1919April 27, 2003) was an American billionaire businessman, media mogul and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Gaylord Entertainment Company that included ''The Oklahoman'' newspaper, Oklahoma Publishing C ...
. The building is now home to the Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum, home of the
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. The building's design is Neoclassical.


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