07/30/2026
You never know what you’ll find lying around the office…
Sometimes it’s a set of old drawings.
Sometimes it’s a piece of Tulsa history.
This vintage wastebasket came from The Adams Hotel—a landmark that our founders, Joseph Coleman, FAIA, and Bruce Ervin, AIA, owned during its historic rehabilitation, helping preserve the building and secure its listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Today, the building has a new life as downtown apartments, but it’s fun to imagine this sitting in one of its guest rooms many years ago.
After more than 70 years of serving Oklahoma, we love being reminded that our firm’s story is woven into the history of the communities we call home.
Historic building photos courtesy of the Beryl Ford Collection / Rotary Club of Tulsa / Tulsa City-County Library / Tulsa Historical Society