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Tulsa City Hall in 1909. 1910 Tulsa County Court House built. [22] Population: 18,182. [4] Exchange National Bank founded after failure of Farmers' National Bank. [23] Texaco builds first oil refinery in West Tulsa. Oil & Gas Journal, oil industry trade journal, headquartered in Tulsa. Area of city: 3.5 square miles. [24]
Tulsa is a hub of art deco and contemporary architecture, and most buildings of Tulsa are in either of these two styles. Prominent buildings include the BOK Tower, the second tallest building in Oklahoma; the futurist Oral Roberts University campus and adjacent Cityplex Towers, a group of towers that includes the third tallest building in Oklahoma; Boston Avenue Methodist Church, an Art Deco ...
Latimer County, Oklahoma: c. 1850 Residence/Commercial listed on National Register of Historic Places [3] Cherokee National Capitol: Tahlequah, Oklahoma: 1867-1869 Government Cherokee National Capitol, now the Cherokee Nation Courthouse [4] Cherokee National Jail: Tahlequah, Oklahoma: 1874 Jail In use until 1970s. Oldest jail building in Oklahoma
The Tulsa Theater (formerly known as the Brady Theater, Tulsa Municipal Theater, and Tulsa Convention Hall [4]) is a theater and convention hall located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was originally completed in 1914 and remodeled in 1930 and 1952. The building was used as a detention center during the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. [5]
The Creek Council Oak Tree in 2012. The city now known as Tulsa was first settled by the Lochapoka (Turtle Clan) Muscogee() between 1828 and 1836.Driven from their native Alabama, and led by their chief, Achee Yahola, the Lochapokas established a new home at a site near present-day Cheyenne Avenue and 18th Street.
The Tulsa Theater, built between 1912 and 1914, was originally designed to serve as the city's municipal auditorium and was simply called "Convention Hall" for the first forty years of its life and was one of three internment camps where African Americans were detained after the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. In 1952, major additions were added and the ...
Taft Middle School, Oklahoma City, 1931 United States Post Office, Courthouse, and Federal Office Building , Oklahoma City, 1912 Will Rogers Theater Events Center, Oklahoma City, 1946
Philtower tile roof and upper floors, Tulsa, OK. According to the Tulsa Preservation Commission, the building represents the Gothic Revival architecture style. A notable feature is the illuminated, sloping tiled roof. The office on the 21st floor that was used by Waite Phillips has been preserved. [4] [5]