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The Inside Scoop on the Museum and Town's History
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A weekly update on the ins and outs of the museum. We showcase the "Artifact(s) of the Month" every 1st Friday. We highlight the "This Month in History..." every 2nd Friday. We see the sights of "Then and Now" in Sapulpa every 3rd Friday. And we share our moments in the museum world every 4th Friday.

Sapulpa Showcase

6/7/2019

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Artifact of the Month:

This is a tile, possibly from the bathroom, of the Bridal Suite in the Saint James Hotel. The hotel existed on the corner of Main & Lee.

There were 3 hotel buildings within a block of each other (not all three buildings were operating at the exact same time, however). On the corner of Main/Lee was the St James - across the street was Loraine Hotel (operating at the same time as St James) - and a block from this on Water and Lee was the Lee Hotel (at the time Lee Hotel had become the Y.W.C.A.). St James closed as was torn down in 1963; the Loraine burnt down in 1949; the Lee Hotel closed in 1920, but became the Y.W.C.A. which led to the opening of the Sapulpa Historical Museum in 1968 - the only hotel building of the three still standing.
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • History of Sapulpa
    • Publications
    • Support >
      • Volunteer
      • Donations
  • Museums
    • Historical Museum
    • Research Department
    • Gift Shop
    • Sapulpa Fire Museum
    • Filling Station Museum
    • Sapulpa Interurban Trolley
  • Midtown Mini Storage
  • Then and Now
  • Sapulpa Somebodies
  • Did You Know...?