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14-546: Overholser may refer to: People [ edit ] Henry Overholser (1846–1915), American businessman Ed Overholser (1869–1931), American politician and former mayor of Oklahoma City Geneva Overholser , American journalist Wayne D. Overholser (1906–1996), American writer Winfred Overholser (1892–1964), American psychiatrist Places [ edit ] Lake Overholser , Oklahoma, United States Overholser Mansion , Oklahoma, United States Topics referred to by

28-597: A county commissioner of Oklahoma County . He built the Overholser Opera House on Grand Avenue for $ 108,000 in 1903 and the Overholser Theater. In 1905, Henry and Anna Overholser had their only child together; a daughter, Henry Ione Overholser. With collaborator Charles G. Jones , he was instrumental in the creation of two railways important to Oklahoma City: the St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railroad in 1895, and

42-531: A first marriage, Edward , was a mayor of Oklahoma City . Overholser was born April 14, 1846, on a farm in Montgomery County, Ohio , the son of John and Elizabeth (Niswonger) Overholser. He was one of 13 children. Overholser married Emma Hannah and, on June 20, 1869, she gave birth to a son, Edward in Sullivan, Indiana The couple had a second child also, Elizabeth, who married George Pirtle and she used

56-416: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Henry Overholser Henry Overholser (April 14, 1846 – August 25, 1915) was an American businessman, county commissioner, and important contributor to the development of Oklahoma City . He was the first to erect two-story buildings in the city, both of which were torn down in 1907. Overholser's son from

70-565: The Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad (later the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad or “Rock Island”) with that of the Frisco, and was placed in operation on November 1, 1900. The line was then sold to the Frisco on June 21, 1901. However, that part of Oklahoma City’s history was undone when, in response to the growing inconvenience to all parties of having all-important rail lines cluttering up

84-709: The Oklahoma City Terminal Railroad in 1900. Just before statehood in 1906, Overholser helped the local chamber of commerce purchase land for the State Fair of Oklahoma, giving it a permanent home. He served on the fair's board for numerous years. A prominent mansion in Oklahoma City stands as testament to the Overholser family. The 20-room, brick-and-stone Victorian mansion lies in Heritage Hills and

98-534: The center of a busy town, Oklahoma City came up with a plan, funded by municipal bonds, to move the surface rail lines and passenger stations of the Rock Island and Frisco out of downtown. The former Terminal trackage was sold to the City of Oklahoma City in late 1928, a new Union Depot was constructed in a different location on behalf of the Frisco and Rock Island, and some or all of the former trackage land became part of

112-532: The construction of a canal to bring electrical power to downtown Oklahoma City and built the first flour mill in Oklahoma Territory. The town of Jones, Oklahoma , was named for Charles G. Jones and was platted by a friend, Luther F. Aldrich, in 1898. Jones owned a farmstead in the town, which is today listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The post office for the town of Elgin, Oklahoma

126-949: The name "Queen". They lived in Kansas and had two sons. Overholser worked in the mercantile business in Sullivan for 13 years. He started various real estate and building enterprises in Colorado and Ashland, Wisconsin before moving to Oklahoma Territory . Overholser had already made a fortune when he arrived in Oklahoma Territory in 1889. He quickly began buying lots, developing business buildings, and making capital improvements using his own money to what would become Oklahoma City Overholser married Anna Ione Murphy on October 23, 1889. His brother, Levi, and nephew, Will, lived in one of his buildings on West Grand in 1889. Overholser ran unsuccessfully for mayor two times, but did succeed in becoming

140-508: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Overholser . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Overholser&oldid=1162055888 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

154-429: The state of Oklahoma. Jones’s most important contribution to the development and history of Oklahoma City involved the construction of rail lines. With frequent collaborator Henry Overholser , Jones had organized the St. Louis and Oklahoma City Railroad in 1895. By 1898, that line linked Oklahoma City with Sapulpa, Oklahoma and the trackage of a predecessor of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (“Frisco”); it

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168-646: Was built in 1903. It passed through the family until it was transferred to David Perry, the husband of Overholser's daughter, after her death. In the 1970s, the mansion was donated to the state and is currently maintained as a historic house museum by Preservation Oklahoma through an agreement with the Oklahoma Historical Society. Charles G. Jones Jones was born in Greenup, Illinois , on November 3, 1856, and arrived in Oklahoma Territory in 1889. After arriving in Oklahoma Territory, Jones organized

182-675: Was originally named "Ceegee, Oklahoma" using Charles G. Jones initials, when it was established in April 1902. However, after Post Office management intervened in August 1902, the name was changed to Elgin. The statehood movement had begun and Jones served as chair of the Single Statehood Executive Committee that first met in 1903 and lobbied for three years for the successful passage of the Oklahoma Enabling Act , which created

196-479: Was sold to that company the next year. Jones and Overholser also incorporated the Oklahoma City Terminal Railroad (“Terminal”) on April 7, 1900 under the laws of Oklahoma Territory . Terminal built between April and November of that year about one to one-and-a-half miles of trackage in central Oklahoma City to service the Frisco depot. The single standard-gauge line connected the trackage of

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