This home, constructed in 1905, was built by Edna and Clarence E. Bennett. The architecture is a mixture of styles that includes the Mediterranean look of a tiled roof, the Japanese look of flared eaves, the Prairie look of a low, sweeping front porch, and the classical look of modillion brackets under the eaves and balustrade along the porch roof.

A native of Michigan, Clarence grew up in Kansas, then moved with his family to Oklahoma City in 1895. After operating a hotel for a few years, he organized an investment and development firm that eventually opened several housing additions. When he and his wife built the home on 15th, the family consisted of 39-year-old Clarence, 28-year-old Edna, his father, and three household employees. In 1910 their first child, Mary, was born.

Edna remained in the home until 1936, when it was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Pollock. A native of Illinois, Louis moved in 1904 to Bartlesville where he worked at a variety of jobs before joining the Home Savings and Loan Association in 1919, first as manager, later as president. In 1932, when he was named President of Local Federal Savings and Loan, he packed up the family and moved to Oklahoma City. Four years later the family of six purchased the house on 15th for $16,000. They especially enjoyed the large stained-glass window, the full attic with cedar lined storage, the intercom system with oak phones on every floor, and the extensive oak woodwork.

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