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706 is a dark buff brick house with three distinctive large arched windows in the living room, eaching having heavy well-done wrought iron railings at their sills. The entrance projection is on the side, rather than the front, which is a variation of the typical plan of the houses in this block. The entrance has a curved stone parapet wall which is rather Gothic in feeling. The side porch has been filled in.

Walter Jones 1927-29
Edwin Starkey 1930-44
Fred Ptak 1944-51
James Dewar 1951-73
George Ferguson 1973 -

Mr. Jones was an oil man.

Mr. Starkey was the vice president and agency manager of the Mid-Continent Insurance Company. Mrs. Ruth Starkey Duncan, who is a well-known artist now living in San Antonio, Texas, is the daughter of Edwin Starkey and grew up here. She has taught art at Stephens College, from which she graduated, and also San Antonio Junior College. She is listed in "Who's Who in American Art."

Mr. Ptak was an attorney.

Dr. Dewar was a physician who was associated for a time with the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and was later in private practice in Oklahoma City.