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Frank Michael Olston (1892-1963)

Born: Sisterville, West Virginia
Training: Attended Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, B.A. 1914
Oklahoma License: 1935-1959
Tulsa Practice: 1920-1959

PARTNERSHIPS

  • Schumaker, Atkinson & Olston, 1920-1921 (William A. Schumaker, Arthur M. Atkinson)
  • Atkinson & Olston, 1921-1924

BUILDINGS

  • Thompson Building, southwest corner 5th and Boston (1921, Atkinson & Olston)
  • Vandever Dry Goods Company, east side of 5th Street between Boston and Main (1924, Atkinson and Olston)
  • Holmes Elementary School, 1202 East 45th Place (1950)
  • Clinton Elementary School, 1740 North Harvard (1953)
  • W. K. Warren Residence, 2435 East 28th Street
  • J. R. Simpson Residence, 1217 Hazel Boulevard
  • Knight of Columbus Building, 17th and Baltimore
  • M. Olston built Catholic Churches in Norman, Gushing, and Ponca City, Oklahoma. He was consulting architect on St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma.