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27-728: The nineteen buildings that make up the OUHSC campus occupies a fifteen block area in Oklahoma City near the Oklahoma State Capitol . Surrounding these buildings are an additional twenty health-related buildings some of which are owned by the University of Oklahoma. The Health Sciences Center is the core of a wider complex known as the Oklahoma Health Center . The major clinical facilities on campus are part of OU Medicine and include

54-707: A considerable influence on the area's architecture, and he became known as the "dean of Oklahoma City architecture". Layton was born on July 22, 1864, in Lucas County, Iowa , to Andrew and Jennette Miller Layton. Most of his family was employed in carpentry or building, giving Layton early experience in building. In 1885, Layton married Alice Wood; the couple later had two daughters. Layton began practicing architecture in Denver in 1887; in 1902, he moved to El Reno, Oklahoma and began to design buildings in El Reno - Oklahoma City area,

81-523: A four-year program. A school of nursing was founded nearby the next year, and graduated its first class in 1913. In subsequent years a new university hospital was built, a graduate college for biomedical sciences was established, and the Oklahoma City Veterans Administration Hospital was constructed. A school of health was created in 1967, splitting twelve years later into a college of allied and public health . In 1971,

108-656: A large hospital group based in Franklin, TN, entered into a joint agreement with the University Hospitals Authority and Trust (UHAT) to manage the hospitals. UHAT and community leaders founded the nonprofit, OU Medicine, which executed a $ 750 million buyout of HCA Healthcare's management agreement and ownership stake of its hospital facilities in 2018. 35°28′49″N 97°29′47″W  /  35.48028°N 97.49639°W  / 35.48028; -97.49639 Oklahoma State Capitol The Oklahoma State Capitol

135-531: Is composed primarily of white limestone and Oklahoma pink granite. However, the building's dome is made of steel-reinforced concrete and reinforced plaster casts. The state capitol complex is famous for its oil wells and remains the only state capitol grounds in the United States with active oil rigs. The capitol building is directly atop the Oklahoma City Oil Field . The state capitol building and

162-453: Is on display in the Capitol rotunda. Several large paintings by Wayne Cooper are on display in the building. Many of them depict the early heritage and oil history of the state. Seminole artist Enoch Kelly Haney 's painting The Earth and I are One is on display on the first floor of the building. The Senate lobby includes a 6 by 10 feet (1.8 m × 3.0 m) oil-on-canvas painting of

189-544: Is the house of government of the U.S. state of Oklahoma . It is the building that houses the Oklahoma Legislature and executive branch offices. It is located along Lincoln Boulevard in Oklahoma City and contains 452,508 square feet of floor area. The present structure includes a dome completed in 2002. Oklahoma's first capital was Guthrie, Oklahoma , but it moved to Oklahoma City in 1910. Construction began on

216-601: The Ceremonial Transfer of the Louisiana Purchase in New Orleans - 1803 by Mike Wimmer. The Senate Lounge displays a watercolor painting entitled Community of Boling Springs by Sonya Terpening. The base of the Capitol dome is decorated, in six-inch gold letters, with the names of donors who contributed at least $ 1 million to the dome's construction, referred to as "the ring of honor ", a concept usually limited to

243-517: The National Register of Historic Places , an Oklahoma state record. He designed the neoclassical Oklahoma State Capitol in 1914 and created the original plans to add a dome to the building, a feature which was not installed until 2002. His works also include sixteen courthouses, including Oklahoma City's Oklahoma County Courthouse , and forty-six public schools, including the first five high schools in Oklahoma City. Layton's major projects include

270-582: The Oklahoma Senate chamber and offices. The ceremonial office of the governor is located on the second floor. Elected state officials such as the state auditor and inspector, state treasurer, and state attorney general have offices on the first floor. The building also contains a museum, a cafeteria, and a barber shop. Chickasaw artist Mike Larsen's mural Flight of Spirit , honoring the Five Moons , notable 20th-century Native American ballerinas from Oklahoma

297-803: The Capitol, Layton began designing skyscrapers in downtown Oklahoma City such as the Baum Building , the Medical Arts Building , and the Skirvin Hotel . During this time, Layton also designed buildings at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma City University . Layton died on February 6, 1943; he is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery. Layton designed over one hundred public buildings in Oklahoma during his career. Twenty-two of his buildings are listed on

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324-819: The OU Medical Center hospital complex, The Children's Hospital, OU Physicians and OU Children's Physicians clinics, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center and the Peggy and Charles Stephenson Oklahoma Cancer Center. Also part of the major clinical facilities is the Oklahoma City VA Medical Center . The University of Oklahoma in Norman was founded in 1890, 17 years before Oklahoma's statehood, by the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature . In 1910, OU's fledgling two-year medical school moved to Oklahoma City and became

351-655: The Oklahoma State Capitol in 1914 and was completed in 1917. Originally, it housed the judicial branch of Oklahoma, but the state's high courts moved most of their operations to the Oklahoma Judicial Center in 2011, leaving only the Supreme Court Hearing Chamber in the capitol building. The state capitol complex is the only state capitol grounds in the United States with active oil rigs. Oklahoma's territorial capital and first state capital

378-521: The Oklahoma State Capitol is located today. Lee Cruce , the second Governor of Oklahoma, commissioned the architectural construction of the present day structure. Prior to its construction, state government offices were housed in the Huckins Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City. Construction on the Oklahoma State Capitol began after a groundbreaking ceremony on July 20, 1914. Architects Soloman Andrew Layton and S. Wemyss-Smith were paid $ 75,000 to develop

405-549: The Oklahoma State Capitol's exterior. The surrounding neighborhood is home to numerous restaurants and bars. The Oklahoma History Center opened in 2005 and is operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society. It preserves the history of Oklahoma from prehistoric Native American tribes to the present day. The west wing of the Capitol houses the Oklahoma House of Representatives chamber and offices. The east wing houses

432-598: The University of Oklahoma Medical Center became the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and all schools on the HSC campus were designated as colleges. The College of Pharmacy , OU's oldest professional program, made the move from Norman to Oklahoma City five years later. On July 1, 1993, the University Hospital system officially became independent of the State of Oklahoma Department of Health Services. In 1998, Columbia/HCA,

459-448: The architectural plans, while James Stewart & Company received the construction contract. The building's exterior is constructed mainly of Indiana limestone, with a base of local Oklahoma pink granite, and Oklahoma black granite for the grand staircase. The interior prominently features marble as well as fixtures from a variety of sources. While original plans called for a dome, it was omitted due to cost overruns discovered in 1915 when

486-533: The campuses of the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma City University . He designed some of the most prominent buildings on the University of Oklahoma campus, including the administration building, Bizzell Memorial Library , and Oklahoma Memorial Stadium . Several of Layton's skyscrapers still remain in Oklahoma City, including the Skirvin Hilton Hotel and the Medical Arts Building, now known as

513-630: The governor enacted legislation to create the Oklahoma Centennial Act, which formed the Oklahoma Capitol Complex and Centennial Commemoration Commission. The commission worked to fund a dome, which was in the initial plans in 1914, for the Oklahoma State Capitol and construction of the dome began in 2001 and was completed in 2002. It included a 22 feet (6.7 m) bronze sculpture called The Guardian . During exterior restoration work in 2014, engineers discovered significant cracks in

540-551: The most notable being the Canadian County Courthouse, and the Canadian County Jail . He moved to Oklahoma City in 1907. By 1911, Layton had become a recognized architect in Oklahoma City, and he bid successfully to build the Oklahoma State Capitol . He originally intended the Capitol to have a dome, but due to budgetary constraints, his vision was not realized until a dome was added to the Capitol in 2002. After

567-609: The most prominent players on professional football teams. Donors so named include Halliburton , Hobby Lobby Stores , "the People of Oklahoma", and General Motors . This design decision attracted some criticism at the time, and in 2011 state representative Eric Proctor attempted to pass legislation replacing the names with those of Oklahomans who had received the Congressional Medal of Honor . Solomon Andrew Layton Solomon Andrew Layton (July 22, 1864 – February 6, 1943)

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594-477: The original $ 1.5 million appropriated by the Oklahoma Legislature proved insufficient. The building was, however, designed to support a dome. The building was completed on June 30, 1917. In 1952, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake near El Reno caused several cracks to materialize in walls and ceilings of the Capitol, including one crack measuring about 50 feet in length. In 1998, state legislators and

621-476: The precast panels that comprise the dome, but not in any of the supports. The building was designed and built to support the dome. When the Layton and Smith firm (the firm selected to design the building) presented its preliminary drawings to the commission in 1914, the plans did not include a dome. However, the building was designed to allow for a weighty dome to adorn the central square rotunda. The original commission

648-736: The surrounding government buildings, non-government agencies, museums, libraries, and tree lined streets and boulevards form the Oklahoma State Capitol Complex or Capitol Campus. The complex includes the State Capitol Park, the Oklahoma History Center, the Oklahoma Judicial Center, and the Oklahoma Governor's Mansion. The 14,000-square-foot (1,300 m ) mansion has a limestone exterior to complement

675-447: Was an American architect who designed over 100 public buildings in the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma area and was part of the Layton & Forsyth firm. Layton headed partnerships in Oklahoma from 1902 to 1943; his works included the Canadian County Jail in El Reno, Oklahoma State Capitol , sixteen Oklahoma courthouses, and several buildings on the University of Oklahoma campus. Layton had

702-486: Was located in the city of Guthrie . The settlement of the first state capital began at noon on April 22, 1889, when cannons sounded the start of the Oklahoma land run . The town was designated as the territorial capital in 1890. State government officials let voters decide on whether or not to move the capital to Oklahoma City . On June 11, 1910, the state seal was taken from Guthrie and moved south to Oklahoma City, where

729-498: Was split on the desirability of the dome due to the high cost, and as completed, the capitol was not domed In 2006, plans were made to move the judicial branch into the old Oklahoma Historical Society building, as the agency was moving into the Oklahoma History Center . The court offices moved to the new Oklahoma Judicial Center in 2011. The Oklahoma State Capitol, located at 2300 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City

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