WILLIAM ALVA FRY, AIA (1889-1965)

William Fry Born: Grandin, Missouri (also reported as Streetor, Illinois)
Training: International Correspondence Schools, Scranton, Pennsylvania (Architectural Engineering), 1908 (also reported as having studied in St. Louis and Illinois)
Oklahoma License: 1947-1964
Tulsa Practice: 1920-1965
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BUILDINGS

If you live in a mid-town 4 or 6-plex, chances are, it was designed by Alva Fry, AIA.
Some of these include:

  • Gavin Apartments, southwest corner 8th and Cheyenne (1922)
  • Barry Apartments, southeast corner 10th and Cincinnati (1922)
  • Ahlum Apartments, west side of Denver between 14th and 15th (1922)
  • Tulsa World Model Home, 1546 South Yorktown Place (1923)
  • Residences for Neil Grubb -
    1216 East 25th Street,
    1204 East 25th Street,
    1238 Hazel Boulevard,
    1143 Hazel Boulevard
  • Fry designed many bungalows in the midtown and Brookside area. From 1945 to 1965 he was Field superintendent for Leon Senter & Associates. He served as safety director for the WPA from about 1934 to 1942. At the time of his death, he lived on Reservior Hill (2219 North Boston Place) in north Tulsa.