The home at 1303 West Okmulgee was built in 1917 by Charles C. Hultquist, a native of Shafer, Minnesota. He practiced law in Texas before coming to Indian Territory. At one time, he is said to have owned sixteen cotton gins and a cotton seed oil mill in Oklahoma. He also served as president of the First National Banks of Coweta and Porter, Oklahoma and was a director of the First National Bank of Muskogee. The Muskogee Public Library was the ultimate beneficiary of a sizable trust left by Mr. Hultquist to his daughter Anna.