Sapulpa Historical Museum

The Sapulpa Historical Museum is near the historic Route 66 of the downtown area in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. The Historical Society began in 1968, but we did not have a home yet. The main building was occupied by the Young Women’s Christian Association or YWCA. The building was built in 1910 and it was first the Lee Hotel. The first floor was businesses, offices, such as a newspaper stand, piano shop, jewelry store, and a Maytag Store. The second floor was the Hotel, and the third floor was a ballroom and classes for a business college. ​The Hotel closed but the businesses kept running; the YWCA took over the second floor in 1922 until 1968. They had to donate the building to a non-profit, which was us. Renovations and collecting artifacts for the next decade were started. Finally by late 1970s to early 1980s, the museum opened to the public. Over the next few decades, the museum expanded through all three floors. In the early 2000s, the society had purchased every building on the block. They now have the Waite Phillips-Barnsdall Filling Station and the Fire Museum. Inside our buildings are housed Sapulpa’s history. The hotel rooms and dorm rooms are now the Historical Museum's offices and exhibits. There is a small village to showcase some of Sapulpa 's early businesses. Included are an early-day blacksmith shop, a sheriff's office, the John F. Egan General Merchandise Store, Rock Creek Indian Methodist Church, Euchee Mission Boarding School , and a diorama of the Frisco Railroad shops that were located here in the early 1900s. Other displays include Creek and Euchee Native American artifacts, an early territorial court house, military room, and some dedicated to prominent Sapulpans. A full tour of our museum takes approximately one hour, and there are docents who will show you through.