This is an image of the Bresee Building on Southern Nazarene University Campus taken during the yearly Christmas Tree Lighting event sponsored by the Bethany Improvement Foundation. This was taken during the 2021 event.
This was an advertisement from the 1920 Bethanian, a yearbook from what was then called Oklahoma Nazarene College. Oklahoma Nazarene College eventually became Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma. The advertisement mentions a new General…
This mural was created in 2010 as part of the Centennial Celebration for the City of Bethany. It is part of an ongoing mural project run by the Bethany Improvement Foundation. This mural was painted by Dr. Bob Palmer with the assistance of students…
A photo of the Bethany Law Center Building. The building dates back to 1922, when it was built to house the Farmers State Bank. In 2011, the building was purchased and converted into the Bethany Law Center Offices. The original structure and vault…
This is a post card with and image of the Driver Music Company building. The Driver Music Company was located on Route 66 in Bethany from 1964 until 1992 when it burned down in a fire.
Title page and overview of proposed reroute of Highway 66 through Bethany. In 1955, Route 66 was needing to be recreated to bypass Lake Overholser in Bethany when it became clear that the Overholser Bridge could no longer handle the amount of traffic…
Newspaper Article from the Oklahoma City Times talking about the rerouting of Route 66 along 39th Expressway in Bethany. Also, a newspaper article about the building of Chapman Dorms of the campus of Bethany Nazarene College.