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The Mayo Hotel was built in 1925, designed by architect George Winkler, and financed by John D. and Cass A. Mayo. [2] The base of two-story Doric columns supports fourteen floors marked with false terracotta balconies, and a two-story crown of stone and a dentiled cornice [3] At the time the 600-room hotel was the tallest building in Oklahoma.
Profits from the Mayo Building financed later additions to the Mayo real estate empire: the Petroleum Building in 1921, the Mayo Hotel in 1925 and the Mayo Motor Inn in 1950. [ 3 ] On October 24, 1917, a fire at the building claimed the lives of two firefighters from the Tulsa Fire Department.
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 ...
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It was the tallest building in Tulsa until the Mayo Hotel was built in 1923. [2] The cathedral is also the site of the Holy Family Cathedral School, an educational institution for students from pre-school to twelfth grade. The Diocese of Tulsa was established in 1973. [2]
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