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1923: Adah Robinson Studio
Adah Robinson Studio

1923 | 1119 S. Owasso Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma | Designed for his high school art teacher and collaborator on the Boston Avenue Methodist Church, Adah Robinson, the home and art studio of Adah Robinson features a rectilinear plan with angled corners, two-story masonry structure with stucco finish. Noticeable in this work is the inspiration Goff likely took from Erich Mendelsohn, a German architect known for his expressionist work. Angled corners of the Robinson studio vary an otherwise conventionally rectangular plan, and in elevation these join with a projecting cornice in a manner suggesting Mendelsohn’s influence. Goff had a close personal relationship with Robinson, who was known to host salons with literary and artistic figures in Tulsa and the region in her home and studio. She often referred to herself as “mother” in their correspondences. Robinson lived in the home for most of the rest of her life with a brief departure to San Antonio. In 1974, former Goff student, Tom Thixton, bought and used the home and studio for his architecture firm. Thixton, originally from Tulsa, was instrumental in helping to rediscover the role Goff played in many of the Tulsa homes designed by Rush, Endacott and Rush Architecture, Goff’s original architecture firm.