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© Lincoln Terrace Neighborhood Association | Oklahoma City

709 N.E. 20th Street

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This grand brick house features an arched design over a generously-sized side porch, leaded glass windows on either side of the front door and two large stories.

Alonzo Barton 1929-49
B.E. (Bill) Harkey 1949-63

Mr. Barton was a representative of a tobacco company.

Mr. Harkey was an attorney with the firm Harkey and Russell. He was the speaker of the House of Representatives at the state legislature, and ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1958. Mrs. Harkey remembered how convenient it was for her husband to be able to walk to his office in the Capitol Building.