Bluebird Farm -Crescent OK - home of Phil and Frances Macy
When Phil and Frances Macy were friends and then sweethearts at Crescent OK high school, they never could have imagined that they would be the ones who would restore the family land and farmhouse in their retirement. The house was already 20-years old when Phil’s ancestors bought it over 100 years ago. The original floors of the 800 square-foot home have been restored and many original features have been preserved. “My mother was born in this house,” said Phil. “And, she was able to celebrate her 100 th birthday in it three years before her death in 1959.” The Macys lived in many locations around the country and when they retired in 1997 they moved from St. Louis to Edmond. Restoration at the family farm and building the landscape began in 2000. Now called Bluebird Farm, the Murry-Wilson-Macy property north of Crescent earned an OK Centennial Landmark designation and the Foucart Award for Preservation. “When we started, there were no trees and no gardens,” said ...