The Belvidere Mansion, standing on the corner of 4th and Chickasaw in Claremore, Oklahoma is the city landmark and the “belle” of Rogers County. Completed by Christmas of 1907, the mansion was built for the businessman and financier John Melville Bayless and his family. Bayless also built the Sequoyah Hotel with then-new and rare electric lighting and therapeutic radium baths; the three-story Windsor Opera House and the Claremore Athletic Association with an indoor swimming pool. Only the Belvidere survived to this day. Bayless did not live to see his mansion completed. His family lived in the lovely three-floor, 9,000-square foot, four-tower, opulent brick home until 1919. After being converted to apartments in the late 1920 and then deserted in the early 1990’s, the mansion was purchased by the Rogers County Historical Society and brought to its original glory.

121 N Chickasaw Ave, Claremore, OK 74017, Phone: 918-342-1127

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