Tulsa’s Church Studio reopens 50 years after Leon Russell purchased building

Leon Russell Studio, Tulsa Tulsa church turned studio purchased by Leon Russell nearly ready for grand opening.

By FOX23.com News Staff

February 28, 2022 at 4:38 pm CST

TULSA, Okla. — After years of renovations, Tulsa’s Church Studio is set to open March 1, exactly 50 years since musician Leon Russell purchased the property.

The Church Studio said in a Facebook post, in honor of its 50-year anniversary this year, the Church Studio is once again operating as a recording studio and eventually open an audio engineering school.

It will operate as a museum for the public as well. The Church Studio is offering $5 tours of the newly finished space from March 1 to March 5.

FOX23 Morning Anchor Ron Terrell got an inside look during the 5-year renovation process.

The Church Studio, near 3rd and Trenton in midtown, is on the National Register of Historic Places