Since posting this we have discovered several additional photos of our long time family home. These additional photos have a great look at the intersection of Van Buren and Randolph when it was just a two lane neighborhood street. Enjoy!

Vintage Enid Photo

For as long as I can remember and much further back than that, my family owned the house located at 1009 West Randolph. We always called it Ten-O-Nine. We’re not exactly sure how far back it was when my family purchased it but we do know my grandma was born there, on the second floor, in 1913.

The top photo is a picture of my grandma, Elizabeth Scaling, in a wagon being pulled by a goat. The photo was taken in front of Ten-O-Nine around 1916-1917. The house next door (in the background) really changed over the years while old Ten-O-Nine stayed much the same.

1009 W. Randolph, Enid

Here is an early photo of 3 young girls in front of Ten-O-Nine. We are not sure who the girls are but most likely neighbors. Notice the lot next door and the big house in the background. The house in the background would have been on the southwest corner of Van Buren and Randolph. My best guess is that this was in the 1920′s.

1009 W. Randolph, Enid

This photo is a better shot than the one above it. Again this is 1009 W. Randolph looking east. The street between the two story houses was Van Buren when it was nothing more than another 2 lane president street. The house closest to Ten-O-Nine became the south bound lane of Van Buren. There is a lady in a mink coat walking a dog in the background. Best guess is that this photo was taken right around 1920. This is Elizabeth Erwin Scaling at about age 7-8.

1009 W. Randolph, Enid

Yet another photo in front of Ten-O-Nine looking east toward Van Buren and downtown. Again this is Elizabeth Erwin Scaling in the mid to late 192o’s. Notice the two story behind her head. That is the home that faced east looking down Randolph towards downtown. That was where James and Randolph split. Once Van Buren was widened that house lost almost all of its front yard.

1009 W. Randolph, Enid

We discovered this photo of Ten-O-Nine with a big tree in front and a new house next door. Our best guess on this photo is the 1940′s or 1950′s. The single story on the left eventually became a gas station and the house on the right had a complete remodel somewhere down the road.

Ethel Valentine Erwin

My great grandma, Ethel Erwin, owned the home before my grandma. This black and white photo shows my uncle, Richard Scaling, with my great grandma standing in front of Ten-O-Nine. The year must have been around the early 1950′s.

1009 West Randolph, Enid

This photo is most likely from the late 60′s or early 70′s which is the way I remember the house as a kid. It seemed like a huge house and had the coolest wrap around front porch. There were stairs on the front and back of the porch so we ran around it for hours. It also had a two person swing that kept us occupied for hours.

There was a small gas station right next door to the east which rented U-Hauls. I remember playing in the front yard at night running and hiding from cars. I always wondered why the cars only seemed to come from one direction, as a kid I hadn’t learned about one way streets.

1009 W. Randolph, Enid

This is an additional 1980′s photo of Ten-O-Nine and I only add it to show that my uncle owned a green Gremlin before he purchased the silver Pacer below.

Scaling House

The last photo shows Ten-O-Nine in it’s later years. This was late 70′s or early 80′s. All of the houses in the area were being bought up for a rumored development along Randolph and James. My grandma had moved into another home and held out selling Ten-O-Nine as long as she could. It wasn’t long after this photo that the old place was torn down.

What took the place of good old Ten-O-Nine? This block is now home to Taco Mayo. My grandma’s house sat almost exactly where the restaurant is and it always brings back great memories when I eat there.

And that cool looking Pacer in front. That was owned by the young guy above in the 1950′s black and white photo.