This 1960 Bruce Goff Home in Oklahoma Is a Time Capsule

Oklahoma has a surprising amount of architectural star power, and this house is part of it. The Howard and Lucile Jones House, on Wildwood Court in Bartlesville, was designed in 1960 by Bruce Goff, the famously eclectic architect behind some of mid-century America's most unusual homes. According to the listing, it has been preserved substantially as Goff drew it. With two bedrooms, three baths, and 2,464 square feet, it's one of a shrinking number of intact homes from his mature period. Of the roughly 500 designs Goff completed, the listing notes, fewer and fewer survive intact, and his archive is held by the Art Institute of Chicago.

An Octagon With a Fireplace Spine

The heart of the house is a double-height octagonal great room. A four-sided brick fireplace tower rises straight through the middle of it, with twin cantilevered staircases on either side leading up to bedrooms that overlook a sunken living pit. Downstairs, Goff designed an irregular marble stone floor that runs through the entire lower level and continues outside onto the screened porch and carport, blurring the line between inside and out. The rest of the house is pure Goff, with clerestory windows, exposed beams, wood-plank ceilings, and angular window shapes. Original details survive throughout, including accordion blinds on interior dividers and closets, geometric pendant lights, built-ins, millwork, and even the original kitchen layout.

Vintage Bones, Brand-New Roof

The screened porch opens onto a stone terrace and a reflecting pond, where the house's silhouette mirrors in the water beneath a canopy of mature trees. Three pieces made for the house come with it: a braided rug woven from the home's original wall-to-wall carpeting, a custom diamond-shaped glass table built to fit the living pit, and an upstairs headboard designed to match. The house was also fully re-roofed in October 2026, with upgraded insulation and copper guttering and flashing. On Reddit, one commenter announced plans to whitewash the brick, install gray laminate, and swap the original lights for LED pucks, and other commenters applauded the obvious rage bait. Others were struck by how many famous architects left their mark on Oklahoma, which some credited to the state's oil-boom years. Bartlesville is also home to Frank Lloyd Wright's Price Tower, his only skyscraper ever built.

The Internet Has Thoughts

Naturally, this listing caught the attention of Reddit's r/zillowgonewild community. See what people are saying about it here.

Whether you're a mid-century architecture devotee, a preservationist, or just someone who's always wanted a sunken living pit, this one is worth a look. View the full listing here.