John Duncan Forsyth

Based in Tulsa and working in a variety of styles, he was connected with a number of significant buildings around the state.

[2] He was raised in Scotland and studied at Edinburgh College, and at the Sorbonne and L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

[2] He was a member of the large team of architects who worked on Central Union Station (now the Government Conference Centre) in Ottawa, Ontario.

[5] Soon he was hired for what became one of his most famous buildings, the E. W. Marland Mansion in Ponca City.

The Marland mansion, which is operated as a museum, includes a room dedicated to Forsyth's work.