Friday, 1wk, 5/30, starts at 10am
Format: Tour
Tour guide: Kelly Gibson, Tours of Tulsa
Meeting Location: West Parking lot of Boston Avenue United Methodist Church
Additional Fee: (applies to all membership types): $35
Note: The tour will last approximately 2 hours.
Once home to Tulsa’s first lakeside amusement park, the Swan Lake neighborhood is
rich with charm, history, and transformation. See the former grounds of Orcutt Lake Amusement Park—where early 1900s visitors rode roller
coasters, swam in a covered pool, and enjoyed dazzling electric lights at the end
of the trolley line. Learn how this once-bustling destination gave way to a quiet,
picturesque residential area, and how the lake itself shaped the district’s rise,
fall and remarkable revival. Today, Swan Lake is a beloved historic neighborhood with
stories as captivating as its scenery.
Tour stops include:
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Swan Lake & Cherry Street History
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Oil Baron's Mansions (Skelly Mansion)
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City Hall (trolley line connection)
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And more!