Bonfils Building

Historical marker location:

107 South 2nd Street, Guthrie, Oklahoma

( Marker is on South 2nd Street south of West Oklahoma Avenue, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1980

F. C. Bonfils ran his real estate business from an office in the first floor of this building and lived on the second floor. Bonfils, a descendant of Napoleon Bonaparte, was considered a con man in his early years. However, he later moved to Denver, Colorado, and co-founded the Denver Post newspaper.