A Teepee-Shaped Church Was Designed By A Famous Architect And Left To Decay In One Of Oklahoma's Largest Cities
By Ashley|Published February 01, 2022
×
Ashley
Author
Ashley has lived in Oklahoma for 30 years and is the Oklahoma staff writer for onlyinyourstate.com. When she isn't writing about Oklahoma, she enjoys visiting the beach and exploring new areas.
Hopewell Baptist Church in Edmond was designed by famous architect Bruce Goff in the 1950s and built by volunteers from the congregation. It resembles an American Indian teepee and was known as one of Goff’s most transformative works. It was featured in Time Magazine in 1955 as an example of the “forward-thinking organic architecture being imagined on the Plains.” The church was abandoned in the 1980s due to maintenance issues. But don’t be too disappointed…there is still hope for this place. Keep scrolling to learn more.