A grandmother's roses
Delphine Harjo-Mays learned hospitality from her grandmother, who kept roses on 6th Street and poured tea for anyone who knocked.
Our story
How we got here
The people, the place and the promise behind every day of care.
Our story
The making of Primrose Hall
Twenty years of nursing
She spent two decades as a nurse in Tulsa hospitals and long-term care, learning what good care looks like and what it costs people when it is missing.
The house on 7th Street
In 2008 the big brick house she had admired as a girl came up for sale. She added an elevator, sixteen private baths and a sunroom, and kept the parlor exactly where it was.
Forty roses
Before the first resident moved in, Delphine planted forty old garden roses along the side yard. Residents have tended them ever since.
Tea at three
The first afternoon, Delphine poured tea in the parlor at three. Nobody has missed a day since, including the ice storm of 2011.
- 16private suites, each with a bath
- 2009the year Primrose Hall opened
- 4:1residents to caregivers by day
- 40rose bushes in the side garden
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Okmulgee County Readers' Choice · Best Senior Care (sample)
- Okmulgee Main Street · Preservation Award (sample)
- Family survey · 99% would recommend (sample)
- Licensed residential care home · Oklahoma
Come for tea and the latest news.
Tours end in the parlor at three o'clock whenever we can manage it. Call Delphine, or book a time below.