. >> this house was named after william s moore. and harry lindsay. mr.re was a very wealthy man. in the census, has occupation says capitalists, though he had a lot of money. a lot of it came from real estate investments and things like that. he was the one who designed this house. this house is a queen and -- queen anne victorian-style home. it includes a big front porch and back porch. it also includes a multicolor facade, lots of details around the house. william s moore moved with them in the family to norman in 1985, which was a few years after the land run, which is basically a race to claim your own little plot of land. april 22, 1889, the day of the land run, there were people living in this area. the population went from zero to either 200 to 500 overnight. and it took them time to actually set up city laws and city government, so officially, the city was incorporated in 1891. the city's namesake, abner norman, was a early land surveyor. the story goes that his team was called norman's camp, they carved the phrase norman's camp onto a tree in an

. >> it was named after william s more. mr. moore was a very wealthy man.the census, has occupation says capitalists, though he had a lot of money. a lot of it came from real estate investments and things like that. he was the one who designed this house. this house is a queen and victoria style -- a queen anne victorian-style home. it includes a big front porch and back arch, a multicolor details around the house. william s moore moved with them in the family to norman in 1985, a few years after the land run, which is basically a race to claim your own little plan plot of land. there were people living in this area at the time, the population went from zero to either 200 to 500 overnight. and it took them time to actually set up city laws and government, so i, the city was 1891.orated in the city's namesake, abner norman, was a early land surveyor. the story goes that his team was called norman's camp, they carved of phrase norman's camp onto a tree in an area called bishops creek, and that is how this area came to be known as norman. the house is located

william s. moore. mr. moore was a wealthy man. he had a lot of money and the majority of that came from real estate investments and things like that. he was the one that designed this house. this house is a queen and n victorian-style home, so typical features of that style include a big front porch and back porch. we have multicolor facades, lots of little carpenter's lace, and nice little details around the house. william s. moore moved with the lindsay family to norman in 1895, so a few years after the land run, which was basically a race to claim your own little plot of land. april 22, 1889, the day of the land run, there were people living in this area. the population went from 0 to either 200-500 overnight. it took time to set up the city laws and government, so officially the city was incorporated in 1891. the city's namesake, norman, he was an early land surveyor. the story goes that his team was called norman's camp. they carved the phrase "norman's camp" into a tree in bishops creek, and tha

william s. moore moved with the lindsay family to norman in 1895. so a few years after the land run, which was basically a race to claim your own little plot of land. april 22, 1889, the day of the land run, there were people living in this area. the population went from 0 to either 200,000-500,000 overnight. it took time to set up the city laws and government, so officially the city was incorporated in 1891. the city's namesake, norman, he was an early land surveyor. the story goes that his team was called norman's camp. they carved the phrase "norman's camp" into a tree in bishops creek, and that is how the area became known as norman. this house is located in what is called old silk stocking road, which is a reference to the wealthy residents of this early neighborhood, meaning they could afford to wear silk stockings. this victorian-style home cost $5,000 to build at the time, so and in the average norman 1899. home cost around $400-$500, so this was a big showplace of for the community. there are articles in the first newspapers, that people we