The Oklahoman

Angling for visitors

Gatewood tour to show off park, homes

- By Richard Mize Real estate editor, rmize@oklahoman.com

The Gatewood Home Tour on Sunday will feature the usual mix of historic, renovated and eclectic homes, but organizers also are putting a spotlight on one of the neighborho­od's prized collective possession­s: updated Triangle Park, which Gatewood sort of inherited from the city earlier this year.

The park, in the triangle-shaped median where NW 21 meets Indiana Avenue, will be the garden stop on the tour, which will be from noon to 5 p.m. Yum Pig food truck will sell food and drinks. Advance tickets are $12. Go to www.eventbrite.com and search for “Gatewood.” Tickets will be $15 at any home on Sunday.

Gate wood Historic District Neighborho­od Associatio­n stepped in to saved Triangle Park and Trolley Park near NW 18 and Classen. It now manages and maintains the spaces under a contract with OKC Beautiful.

“Sometime around the beginning of the year we were given notice by the city that they would no longer be maintainin­g the parks, and that discussion­s were taking place to bulldoze Trolley Park,” the associatio­n said in its fall newsletter. “Instead, the Neighborho­od Associatio­n reassumed maintenanc­e at both parks.

“This started with a small group of board members volunteeri­ng their time tom ow, weed-eat, aerate, (prune trees), and pick up trash at both properties and eventually turned into our own Dave Summers taking on mowing and weed-eating duties as part of the rounds he makes as a profession­al landscaper.”

The tour is a great time for Gatewood to show off the improvemen­ts at Triangle Park, said Tyler Holmes, president of the associatio­n.

Home on the tour, with informatio­n provided by Gatewood, are:

• 1401 NW 16, Jonathan and Annie Middlebroo­ks.

The couple bought t he original

1912 home in 2015 with plans for extensive renovation­s but found it was beyond repair. The new home was designed by Collin Fleck, of Bockus Payne Architects, and built by Jim Abernathy Constructi­on in 2017. The great room downstairs and bonus space and loft upstairs allow plenty of room for the family of eight.

• 1621 NW 16, Samuel Day. Day, an architect, conceived what became this multifamil­y house in 2015 after a small-scale developmen­t “boot camp” convinced him of the need for small apartment buildings in infill urban neighborho­ods. He acquired vacant property and designed a 3,200-square-foot quadplex with f our single- bedrooms units of various sizes and options, built by McAlister Constructi­on.

• 1809 Carey Place, Kenneth and Andrea Knoll.

The Spanish Mission-style home, built in 1934, has a checkered past suitable, mayhap, for “Scary” Carey Place (so called for eerie tales of long-ago mayhem, which made it a Halloween night hotspot for trick-or-treat'ers).

Its early history is a mystery. In 2008, somebody saved it from dilapidati­on by converting it from duplex to single-family, giving it an industrial look and loft feel. The Knolls bought it in January 2018, gutted it, and started returning it to something more architectu­raly suitable for Carey Place, inside and out. Work in progress.

• 1329 NW 21, Jeff and Rachel Chanchaleu­ne.

The 1,899- square-foot home, built in 1912, was just what the Chamchaleu­nes were looking for when they bought it, remodeled, in May.

“We have always loved Gatewood,” they said in the tour book. “There's historic charm but unlike some of the other historic neighborho­ods, Gatewood homes all had their own uniqueness. There will be a Colonial home and next door there will be a bungaló or another style of home. No matter your style, you can probably find it in Gatewood. ... Commercial redevelopm­ent in the surroundin­g area caught our attention as well. Gate wood also has a lot of momentum with new homes being built in vacant lots and old homes being remodeled. We believe it will make Gatewood more desirable than it already is.”

• 1832 NW 17, Jim and Tammy Brakebill.

The couple bought the twostory ,2,600- square-foot home, built in 1925, two years ago, and updated it from a design convention­al for 1925. They took out a wall dividing the kitchen and dining room, added a breakfast bar and office, and remodeled bathrooms to an original look, among other improvemen­ts. The home includes a 300-square-foot apartment over the detached two-car garage.

 ??  ?? Jonathan and Annie Middlebroo­ks built this home at 1401 NW 16 when the one that was on the lot, which they bought to remodel, proved to be beyond repair. It will be on display during the Gatewood Home Tour.
Jonathan and Annie Middlebroo­ks built this home at 1401 NW 16 when the one that was on the lot, which they bought to remodel, proved to be beyond repair. It will be on display during the Gatewood Home Tour.
 ??  ?? Triangle Park, in the median where NW 21 meets Indiana Avenue, is the garden stop, with a food truck, on the Gatewood Home Tour. [CHRIS LANDSBERGE­R PHOTOS / THE OKLAHOMAN]
Triangle Park, in the median where NW 21 meets Indiana Avenue, is the garden stop, with a food truck, on the Gatewood Home Tour. [CHRIS LANDSBERGE­R PHOTOS / THE OKLAHOMAN]
 ??  ?? Samuel Day, an architect, acquired vacant property a few years ago and designed this 3,200-square-foot quadplex at 1621 NW 16. It is a stop on the Gatewood Home Tour.
Samuel Day, an architect, acquired vacant property a few years ago and designed this 3,200-square-foot quadplex at 1621 NW 16. It is a stop on the Gatewood Home Tour.
 ?? [CHRIS LANDSBERGE­R PHOTOS / THE OKLAHOMAN] ?? Jim and Tammy Brakebill bought their home at 1832 NW 17 IN 2017, and updated it from a design convention­al for the time it was built in 1925. The home will be on display during the Gatewood Historic Home Tour.
[CHRIS LANDSBERGE­R PHOTOS / THE OKLAHOMAN] Jim and Tammy Brakebill bought their home at 1832 NW 17 IN 2017, and updated it from a design convention­al for the time it was built in 1925. The home will be on display during the Gatewood Historic Home Tour.
 ??  ?? ThIs 1,899-squarefoot home at 1329 NW 21, built in 1912, was just what Jeff and Rachel Chanchaleu­ne were looking for when they bought it in May. They will open it to the public for the Gatewood Home Tour.
ThIs 1,899-squarefoot home at 1329 NW 21, built in 1912, was just what Jeff and Rachel Chanchaleu­ne were looking for when they bought it in May. They will open it to the public for the Gatewood Home Tour.
 ??  ?? Kenneth and Andrea Knoll are remodeling their home at 1809 Carey Place inside and out and will present it to the public during the Gatewood Home Tour on Sunday.
Kenneth and Andrea Knoll are remodeling their home at 1809 Carey Place inside and out and will present it to the public during the Gatewood Home Tour on Sunday.

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