The Turzak House is a house located at 7059 North Olcott Avenue in

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. The house was built between 1938 and 1939 by

Bruce Goff Bruce Alonzo Goff (June 8, 1904 – August 4, 1982) was an American architect, distinguished by his organic, eclectic, and often flamboyant designs for houses and other buildings in Oklahoma and elsewhere. A 1951 ''Life Magazine'' article stat ...

for

Charles Turzak Charles Turzak (August 20, 1899 – January 31, 1986) was an American artist, known primarily for his Modernism, modernist Woodblock printing, woodblock prints, particularly works depicting American historical subjects, including his best-known ...

. It was designated a

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on December 9, 1992.

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