The Slaughter Mansion is now a proud, restored landmark of Oklahoma City’s Black history

>> WELL, IMAGINE LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME AND YOUR REALTOR, ALL OF A SUDDEN SAYS, HEY, I JUST REMEMBER SOMETHING. AN 8 YEAR-OLD ABANDONED STRUCTURE. NEIGHBORS CALLED THE SLAUGHTER MANSION. WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED? WHAT COULD GO WELL. GALEN CULVER HAS THE STORY OF A WOMAN AND HER HUSBAND WHO SAID YES AND BEST TOOK ON. >> A PIECE OF OKLAHOMA CITY'S BLACK HISTORY. >> TO BE CLEAR, THE SLAUGHTER MENTION CLOSE TO 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF IT FOR BEDROOMS, BALCONIES IS NAMED FOR WYATT SLAUGHTER, OKLAHOMA CITY'S FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PHYSICIAN WHO ARRIVED IN TOWN WITH A DEGREE FROM THE HARRY COLLEGE AND VERY LITTLE ELSE. A STORY IN HIS OBITUARY. IT SAID THAT HE HAD $0.25 DOCTOR SLAUGHTERS LIFE IS AN UNLIKELY AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY FOR ITS TIME. HE PRACTICED FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, BUT ALSO INVESTED IN REAL ESTATE AND OIL WELLS.

HE BUILT MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL DEEP DEUCE DISTRICT. EVEN AFTER RETIREMENT, HIS PHILANTHROPY HELPED BUILD AN EASTSIDE YMCA SAYS THE SMART GUYS. YES, HE WAS VERY SMART IN DYNAMIC IN 1937. HE BUILT WHAT HE CALLED HIS RETIREMENT HOME. THIS PLACE A WORKING FARM WITH WINDMILL AND WATER TANK CHICKEN, COOP AND HORSES. HE LOVED HORSES. >> AND WHAT RIDE HIS HORSE AROUND THIS ACTUALLY WAS. DOCTOR SLAUGHTER STUDY. THE HOME ITSELF WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME FULL OF LIGHT MURALS ON THE KITCHEN WALLS, ALL 4 BEDROOMS BATHROOMS AND BIG CLOSETS. THE HOUSE ALSO HAD TO STAND ALONE. SHOWERS MISSES SLAUGHTER, USED TO HOST GIRL SCOUTS WHO WANTED TO GET MERIT BADGES GOOD GROOMING THERE WAS BAGS FOR STAFF IN THOSE DAYS. MAY BE SHOWERS WERE RARE. THE YOUNG BLOODS WEREN'T AT ALL SURE WHAT THEY HAD WHEN THEY BOUGHT THIS HOUSE AND REALLY NOT SURE WHEN THEY REALIZED WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO SAY IT'S NEVER ANDY. BUT OVER THE PAST DECADE, THEY'VE KEPT THAT IT RESTORING THE WOOD FLOORS, THE CRANK WINDOWS, CLEARING BRUSH FROM THE OUTSIDE. MATTER WHAT TIME OF DAY WE HAVE LIGHT COMING IN OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

DORIS, ESPECIALLY HAS ENJOYED HER ROLE AS HOUSE MAY INTO OR GUIDE HOSTING EVENTS. AND SOME OVERNIGHT GUESTS BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY. WE JUST THOUGHT THAT IT WAS SO IMPORTANT. DOCTOR SLAUGHTERS HOME IS SAFE NOW AND A SOLID PART OF OKLAHOMA CITY'S BLACK HISTORY. >> WHERE IT HAS ALWAYS BELONGED OKLAHOMA CITY. GALEN, CULVER, NEWS 4. IS THIS A GREAT STATE OR AND THE SLAUGHTER MANSION IS AVAILABLE FOR TOURS BY APPOINTMENT AND OVERNIGHT STAYS TOO. >> THIS WEEKEND, BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, THE DOORS ARE OPEN TO VISITORS .

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