Contractor E.C. Ross built this home in 1922 for Fred S. and Harriet Gum at a cost of $20,000.  The home is a classical expression of the Revival school of design, a perfect example of symmetrical balance, classical detailing and rational simplicity.

Colonial Revival architecture was a nationalistic architectural style, garden design, and interior design movement in the United States which sought to revive elements of Georgian architecture, part of a broader Colonial Revival Movement in the arts. In the early 1890s, Americans began to value their own heritage and architecture. This also came after the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 reawakened Americans to their colonial past, and was accelerated by the advent of the automobile, which allowed ordinary Americans to visit sites connected with the past.

Fred was a close associate of G.A. Nichols and president of Gum Brothers Company, a firm that specialized in farm and home loans. Fred and Harriett lived in the home with their two daughters, Harriet and Mariam, and a housekeeper. Fred was born in 1877 in Missouri. Harriet was born in 1878 in Greenfield, Iowa, and moved to Perry, Oklahoma in 1893. She later moved to Oklahoma City in 1907 where she was a member of the Ladies Music Club, a board member of the YWCA, and a charter member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. Harriet died in January of 1963.

In 1932, after another family lived in the home for a year and a half, it was sold to Logan Wickliffe and Laura Smith Cary. They lived in the home with their son, Logan Wickliffe “Wick”. A native of Kentucky, Logan came to Oklahoma City in 1922 as assistant manager for OG&E. Five years later he organized the Consolidated Gas Utilities Company. Laura remained in the home until 1994 when she died at the age of 100.

Immediately thereafter, the home was purchased by Molly and John Cathey. They performed extensive renovations to the home, including central heat and air, as well as updated electrical and plumbing. They remodeled the interior, changing the original floorplan. The basement was finished, and a walk-out lower patio was added. Five years later, a swimming pool and cabana were constructed.

The Catheys left the state in 2002 and sold the property to Lana and Steve Raupe, who did not substantially change the house or grounds. In 2008, the house was sold to the current owners who have returned some of the floorplan to the original, replaced the kitchen along with two bathrooms, added a laundry room, and updated the decor and landscape. They featured their home on the 2012 Home Tour.

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