Boulder on the Park
1850 South Boulder Avenue
Built: 1923
GPS
N 36 08.064
W 95 59.344
Charles A. Sanderson and Roy Wesley Sanderson originally
constructed this building for Holland Hall School. Waite Phillips, W.G. Skelly
and George S. Bole, along with several others, backed the project financially.
The building was originally constructed with 9 classrooms, a shop, gymnasium,
assembly auditorium, offices, and a chemical laboratory. The property was
purchased by Aero Exploration Company in 1938. It was later sold to KTUL Radio,
a CBS affiliate, and Tulsa Broadcasting Company. KTUL remodeled the building
internally and externally, converting the appearance to its current “Art Moderne”
theme. KTUL broadcasted on 1430 AM from their Boulder studios from 1947-1955.
Besides the remodeling and placement of radio towers and neon KTUL signs, the
phrase “Boulder on the Park” was coined on the air during broadcasts.
the short description was prepared by the Tulsa Preservation Commission
