Chapter 01
1928: The pour
Admiral Iron Works opened with forty men and one cupola furnace, casting pump housings and valve bodies for the oil fields east of town. By the war years it ran three shifts.
Our story
How we got here
How an iron foundry became ninety-two lofts and four studios.
Our story
Iron, then nothing, then this
Chapter 02
1979: The last shift
The oil bust and cheaper castings from overseas shut the furnace down. The building sat empty for nearly forty years, a landmark you drove past on the way to somewhere else.
Chapter 03
2015: An odd idea
A group of retired Tulsans, two architects and a credit union asked whether a building made for work could be a good place to grow old. They decided it could, if the work never stopped.
Chapter 04
2017: Lofts over the casting floor
Ninety-two lofts opened upstairs. The casting floor became four studios and the Pour Room, named for the trough where molten iron once ran.
- 1928year the first iron was poured here
- 92loft apartments, studio to two-bedroom
- 4working studios on the old casting floor
- 55+independent living, no entrance fee
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Readers' Choice · Best 55+ Community
- Downtown Development Council · Adaptive Reuse Award
- Regional Business Journal · Best Places to Work
- Arts Council · Community Partner
- Preservation Society · Industrial Heritage Award
Bring your tools. We'll clear a bench.
Call or text Theo, or book a tour online. Tours run until six; the studios stay open until ten.