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Added to NRHP. December 13, 2010. The Oil Capital Historic District (OCHD) is an area in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma that commemorates the success of the oil business in Tulsa during the early 20th century. During this period, Tulsa was widely known as "The Oil Capital of the World." The area is bounded by 3rd Street on the north and 7th Street on ...
In 1923 a group of Tulsa oilmen organized the first International Petroleum Exposition and Congress (IPE); among the IPE's stated purposes was to "firmly establish Tulsa for all time to come as the oil center of the entire world." [23] Tulsa continued to be known and promote itself as the "oil capital of the world" into the 1950s [24] and 1960s.
The Route 66 Historical Village at 3770 Southwest Boulevard in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is an open-air museum along historic U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66). [1] The village includes a 194-foot-tall (59 m) oil derrick at the historic site of the first oil strike in Tulsa on June 25, 1901, which helped make Tulsa the "Oil Capital of the World". [1]
January 15, 1999. Buffalo City Hall is the seat for municipal government in the City of Buffalo, New York. Located at 65 Niagara Square, the 32-story Art Deco building was completed in 1931 by Dietel, Wade & Jones. The 398-foot-tall (121.3 m) building [2] is one of the largest and tallest municipal buildings in the United States and is also one ...
History of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 45th-most populous city in the United States. Tulsa was settled between 1828 and 1836 by the Lochapoka Band of Creek Native American tribe. For most of the 20th century, the city held the nickname "Oil Capital of the World" and played a major role as one ...
Downtown Tulsa is an area of approximately 1.4 square miles (3.6 km 2) surrounded by an inner-dispersal loop created by Interstate 244, US 64 and US 75. [1] The area serves as Tulsa's financial and business district; it is the focus of a large initiative to draw tourism, which includes plans to capitalize on the area's historic architecture. [2]
82003706 [1] Added to NRHP. April 15, 1982. The Petroleum Building is a 50-meter/10-floor building at 420 South Boulder in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was built in 1921, and is a steel and reinforced concrete structure faced with buff brick. The name was given because most of the early tenants were associated with the petroleum industry.
Oil discovered at Red Fork, near Tulsa, starting oil boom. [2] [6] George D. Blakey becomes the fourth mayor. [7] 1902 – Tulsa chartered as a city. [4] 1903 Telephone system sold to Indian Territory Telephone Company. Original 3-story Brady Hotel constructed. George Mowbray becomes Mayor of Tulsa (1903-4) [7] 1904 Tulsa annexed North Tulsa. [11]