Historical Marker Program

The Jacobson House

Cleveland County
Location: 609 Chautauqua Avenue in Norman
Coordinates: 35.210691, -97.450055
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): The Jacobson Foundation
Topics: American Indians; Arts; Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Industrial Period, 1941–1982

The home of Swedish-born artist Oscar B. Jacobson and Jeanne d’Ucel became a center for international celebrities, artists, and writers from 1918 to 1966. Jacobson, director of the University of Oklahoma School of Art from 1915 to 1945, revolutionized art education in Oklahoma. He is also credited with nurturing the “renaissance” of American Indian painting on the Southern Plains in the 1920s.