710 N.E. 19th Street

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The house at 710 has deep red clinker brick, a hipped roof, and a central chimney with arched windows. There is interesting wagon wheel iron work over the two windows at the entrance and along the porch. The house was built by G.A. Nichols.

E.J. Sampson 1928-31
Robert Tway 1931-56
T. Hurley Jordan 1956 -

Mr. Sampson was in the oil business.

Mr. Tway started in the construction business in 1924 and built over 500 bridges between that time and 1974. He built 15 bridges on the Turner Turnpike and 16 on the H.E. Bailey Turnpike. He was a registered professional engineer and was at one time president of the Oklahoma Contracting Association. His son, Jack Tway, joined the firm and later headed it. He built about 600 structures, one-half of the Crosstown Expressway, and 50 structures of the West Bypass (I-240). He built the underpass of N.E. 23rd Street under the Capitol grounds. Mr. Tway was very active in civil and cultural affairs of the city, serving as president of the Oklahoma City Symphony Society and the Ballet Society.

Mr. Jordan and his wife, Marion Jordan, were both attorneys. Mr. Jordan went on to become one of Oklahoma County's most colorful Public Defenders, known for his flamboyant, but effective, courtroom demeanor and his handlebar mustache. Oklahoma City University School of Law gives an award in his honor, the T. Hurley Jordan Award for Excellence in Criminal Procedure. Marion Jordan became an attorney for the Oklahoma Tax Commission. She devoted significant time to mentoring other women lawyers.