The Lowdown's Tulsa locations, listed: Greenwood, a Pearl District brewery, and a mansion you can book for a wedding
Sterlin Harjo shot The Lowdown in his hometown and barely disguised it. Most of its locations are places you can walk into, and one of them takes wedding reservations.
FX's The Lowdown premiered on September 23, 2025, with Ethan Hawke as Lee Raybon, a Tulsa bookseller and self-styled "truthstorian" inspired by the late local historian Lee Roy Chapman. FX renewed it in January, and the second season is shooting in Tulsa again. If you've been watching with a map open, here's where everything is.
The Pearl District: home base
Lee's world is centered on the Pearl District, east of downtown, and so is the production:
- Hoot Owl Books: Lee's bookstore isn't a real store. It's a set built near 1328 East 6th Street, inspired by Oak Tree Books, where Chapman himself once worked, according to TulsaPeople.
- Nothing's Left Brewing Co.: The brewery at 1502 East 6th Street, a couple of blocks from the bookstore set, reportedly hosted multiple scenes.
- South Quaker Avenue: The street just around the corner was the site of several night shoots.
The full Lee Raybon walk takes about five minutes. You can't buy a book at Hoot Owl, but you can get a beer next door.
Greenwood
Greenwood, the historic Black district that was destroyed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, is where Chapman did his most important work, and the show keeps returning to it.
Episode 2, "The Devil's Mama," holds its memorial service at First Baptist Church North Tulsa, 1414 North Greenwood Avenue, a congregation founded in 1899. The neighborhood shows up in smaller ways too. There's a copy of America's Black Wall Street on Lee's counter, and the GAP Band poster in Cyrus's office is a nod to the Tulsa band named for Greenwood, Archer and Pine.
Season 2 is going even deeper. On July 8, 2026, the crew shot in Greenwood from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Tee's Barbershop and Sweet Lisa's Soulfood Cafe, KTUL reported, with local businesses encouraged to stay open during filming.
Harwelden Mansion: the one you can book
When Lee meets the men from "Akron" at the exclusive Summit Club in the pilot, he's actually at Harwelden Mansion, 2210 South Main Street. Tracy Letts' Frank is filmed there too. The house was built in 1923 for businessman Earl Palmer Harwell and his wife, Mary, in English Tudor style with Collegiate Gothic touches, and it has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978.
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Teresa Knox and her husband, Ivan Acosta, bought it in 2018 for $2.9 million and run it as a venue. The events page lays out the options:
- Weddings: Up to 75 guests, with bridal and groom suites.
- Elopements: Small weddings of 10 or fewer, booked by the hour on weekdays, two-hour minimum.
- Everything else: Vow renewals, corporate retreats and cocktail receptions. The house also runs as a bed-and-breakfast and serves afternoon tea.
It also rents out for filming, which is how a 1923 family home ended up playing Tulsa's most exclusive dinner club.
In The Lowdown, Harwelden is where Tulsa's old money plots in private. In real life, you can have your reception there for 75.
The rest of the map
A few more stops from season 1:
- Magic City Books, 221 East Archer Street: A real downtown bookstore where Lee, his ex-wife Samantha and their daughter Francis meet in the pilot. Look for the staff recommendations in the background.
- Calaveras, 2326 East Admiral Boulevard: The Mexican restaurant in Kendall Whittier where Samantha takes Francis and her new boyfriend.
- The Antiquary, 3024 East 15th Street: Ray's antique shop on the show. It's a real store, and some of the props came from its shelves.
- Sweet Emily's: Where Lee meets Marty (Keith David).
- POSTOAK Lodge & Retreat and Dino Mart: The upscale spa and, reportedly, the convenience store.
Harjo has called the show a love letter to Tulsa. In season 1, most of that letter went to the Pearl District. Season 2 has already spent a full day shooting in Greenwood.
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