Learn about NBC Western's history as a school
A view of the front of the existing building from 1929, pictured with the original University Heights School in the back (to the south). Photo from the Oklahoma Publishing Co.’s collection at the Oklahoma Historical Society
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The NBC Western building was once part of the University Heights School, which opened in 1909 with 86 students in the primary and intermediate grades on the outskirts of a growing Oklahoma City at NW 63rd and Western Avenue. The original building no longer stands; it was demolished after 1929.
The two-story NBC Western building at that intersection today was built as an addition to the school and completed around 1929, although more renovations to that followed, including a southwest addition finished in 1941. Even though University Heights closed in 1969, some of our customers may remember going there to school or attending Boy Scouts meetings as children.
Read more and see photos on our blog.
Sign our guest book*
As you may know, NBC has a strong commitment to supporting Oklahoma artists. We will soon be sharing a video interview of one of our artists whose artwork hangs at NBC Western. But in the meantime, let us know you visited our NBC Western website, sign our virtual guest book* and we'll send you a signed print from one of the artists whose work we have commissioned in the past as part of our NBC Artist Series.
For more information about NBC's art initiatives, exhibits, news and more, including about some of the art hanging at NBC Western, go to nbcwigwarm.art.
* We will not add your name, email address or mailing address to any other list nor will we share this information with third parties without your permission. NBC Oklahoma is collecting this information so we can send you a print and contact you if needed. For information about NBC's privacy notice, see link at bottom of this page.
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