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Friday we backtracked to Sapulpa, OK, and the Frank House by Bruce Goff. Built for the owners of Frankoma Pottery and now occupied by their daughters, the Frank House incorporates Frankoma tiles into the design and displays Frankoma pottery in every nook & cranny. On Friday afternoon, we toured the Scottish Rite Masonic Temple in Guthrie, OK. "One of the world's largest Masonic buildings," it is an encyclopedia of architecture with a Roman room, Assyrian room, Gothic room, Italian Renaissance room, British room, Egyptian room, well you get the picture. 55 rooms, 12 bathrooms, 7 fireplaces, 3 kitchens, it's enormous. Speaking of enormous, the next stop was the Marland Mansion in Ponca City, OK. Built for oil millionaire, U. S. senator & Oklahoma governor E. W. Marland, this 55-room 'Palace on the Prairie' contains gold-leafed domes, grand ballrooms, muraled ceilings, paneled walls with wood from England's Royal Forest and ruby-eyed stone owls. And the life of Mr. Marland and his adopted daughter/2nd wife is so fascinating there's a mini-series and a feature film in the works.

Bruce Goff's Frank House, Sapulpa, OK

The Scottish Rite Masonic Temple, Guthrie, OK

The Marland Mansion, Ponca City, OK

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