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725 is a white stucco, Spanish, hacienda-style house. The landscaping is important and an open brick curved wall on the east, of interesting design, promises interiors and patios of particular beauty.

Harry G. Frederickson 1930-32
George Ada Davis 1932-43
Carl Hubbell 1943-46
E. Polk Harley 1946-56
Charles Rockwood 1956 -

Mr. Frederickson was an architect and builder who built many houses in this area.

Mr. Davis was president of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company. He was very active in civic affairs, especially the Oklahoma Symphony Society. He was a nephew of George Ada, the Hoosier writer. He was also at one time a newspaper writer and press agent for such celebrities as Sarah Bernhardt and Douglas Fairbanks.

Mr. Hubbell was the famous New York Giant baseball pitcher.

Mr. Harley was an executive with Kool Kooshion Manufacturing Company, which made automobile cushions.

Mr. Rockwood retired after 34 years of government service as a federal revenue agent. During that time, he served as national president of the National Association of Internal Revenue Employees. He was elected national chairman of the Federal Bar Association's committee on employee-management relations. During the 1950s, he was on loan to the Office of Price Administration as special agent in charge of civil and criminal investigations for the western portion of Oklahoma. Both his father and grandfather came to Indian Territory during the run and he served as the president of the 89er Club in 1966. Rockwood School and Rockwood Street are both named for his family. He and his wife had two children, his son, Dr. Charles Rockwood, Jr., was the head of the Orthopedic Department of the University of Texas Medical School in San Antonio.