page_title: Stillwater, Oklahoma
section_title: Points of interest
hierarchical_section_title: Stillwater, Oklahoma / Arts and culture / Points of interest
caption_attribution_description: English: Fire station located on the OSU Campus
context_page_description: Stillwater is a city and county seat of Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located in north-central Oklahoma at the intersection of U.S. Route 177 and State Highway 51. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 45,688, making it the tenth-largest city in Oklahoma. The Stillwater Micropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 78,399 according to the 2012 census estimate. Stillwater was part of the first Oklahoma Land Run held on April 22, 1889 when the Unassigned Lands were opened for settlement and became the core of the new Oklahoma Territory. The city charter was adopted on August 24, 1889, and operates under a council-manager government system.
  Stillwater has a diverse economy with a foundation in aerospace, agribusiness, biotechnology, optoelectronics, printing and publishing, and software and standard manufacturing. Stillwater is home to the main campus of Oklahoma State University as well as Northern Oklahoma College – Stillwater, Meridian Technology Center, and the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education. The city is home to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.
context_section_description: The Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and interpreting the history of Stillwater. The museum features exhibits on Stillwater and Payne County, including the first land run that opened Oklahoma Territory for settlement in 1889. The museum also offers a variety of temporary exhibits and programs.
  The National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum is also located in Stillwater. It is dedicated to preserving the heritage of the sport, celebrating achievements, and encouraging young athletes.
  The Washington Irving Trail and Museum, located in a rural setting, celebrates the heritage of Payne County. It is named for American writer Washington Irving who used to camp in the area. The museum features items from the famous Oklahoma boomer, David L. Payne.
  In October 2013, Oklahoma State University opened the OSU Museum of Art in the renovated Postal Plaza, a former WPA-built Federal Post Office in Downtown Stillwater. The university began collecting art in the 1930s, an endeavor initiated by the former head of the OSU Art Department, Doel Reed. The university also operates the Gardiner Art Gallery on campus in the Bartlett Center for the Visual Arts, home of the OSU Art Department. Exhibits in the gallery, which are open to the public, vary from student and faculty exhibits to national shows.
  The Botanic Garden at Oklahoma State University covers more than 100 acres (0.40 km²) with thousands of species of flowers, shrubs, grasses and trees. It features specialized gardens like butterfly and organic gardens, turf and nursery research centers, and a Centennial Grove. It also has a 4.5 acres (1.8 ha) studio garden where OETA's show Oklahoma Gardening is filmed. The facility also has an authentic Japanese Tea Ceremony Garden.
  The Oklahoma WONDERtorium is a children's museum that provides outreach programs and takes hands-on, play-to-learn activities to elementary classrooms, preschools and child care centers.
  The David L. Payne Memorial Monument, located in Boomer Lake Park, honors Oklahoma boomer, David L. Payne. In 1995, his body was exhumed and moved from Wellington, Kansas to this site. Payne County, Oklahoma, is named for him.
  The International Friendship Garden is located at the City of Stillwater Community Center and was built in 1997 by the Kameoka Landscape Gardeners Association to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the sister city relationship between Stillwater and Kameoka, Japan. The gardeners shipped 22 tons of materials, tools, and supplies to Stillwater from Japan. Over a two-week period, they constructed a traditional Japanese garden. They also built a small tea garden at OSU's Oklahoma Botanical Garden and Arboretum. The International Friendship Garden was dedicated Sunday, July 26, 1998, with a delegation from Kameoka in attendance.
  The Stillwater Public Library dedicated a bronze statue of Oklahoma historian and author Angie Debo on November 18, 2010. Created by local artist Phyllis Mantik, the statue depicts a young Debo sitting on a rock with several books by her side. Mantik chose to depict the historian as a young woman to illustrate that, at an early age, she chose the life of a scholar. To highlight Debo's importance to Oklahoma's Native American community, the base of the statue is surrounded by the seals of Oklahoma's 38 federally recognized Native American tribes.
  The Stillwater Farmers' Market operates April through October on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
  The city's first craft brewery, Iron Monk Brewing Company, opened in 2014. The brewery opened its taproom in 2015.
  Stillwater is home to the Original Hideaway Pizza, Oklahoma's oldest pizzeria.
  The following Stillwater sites are listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
  James E. Berry House (502 S. Duck St.)
  Campus Fire Station (600 W. University Ave.)
  Citizens Bank Building (107 E. 9th Ave.)
  Cottonwood Community Center (N.W. of Stillwater)
  William Frick House (1016 S. West St.)
  Hoke Building (121 W. 7th Ave.)
  Josephine Reifsnyder Lustron House (2119 Sherwood)
  Magruder Plots (Oklahoma State University-Stillwa
caption: Campus Fire Station
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