Historic Threatt Filling Station

Luther, Oklahoma

Along with other African Americans, the Threatt families settled in Luther, Oklahoma, after the area opened for homesteading in 1889.Allen Threatt, a homesteader who came from Alabama in the early 1900s, owned 160 acres of land near the small town of Luther, about 25 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. On the farm, he had cows, and raised rabbits, chickens and produce.In addition to farming, Allen quarried local stone from the family property, and built a gas station in 1915 on the northern edge of the property, on the south side of Route 7. The station's outer walls were constructed using native sandstone from the Threatt land. The structure is an outstanding example of Oklahoma's vernacular commercial architecture, in the Bungalow / Craftsman style.Allen's station capitalized on the highway traffic, where he not only sold gas but also produce from his farm. His location became even busier in 1926, when the State Highway 7 became part of the federal government's new U.S. Route 66.Read more at .... https://www.route66roadtrip.com/route-66-threatt-filling-station.htm