Petroleum Building (Tulsa)

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Petroleum Building
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Location420 S. Boulder Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Coordinates 36°9′4″N95°59′29″W / 36.15111°N 95.99139°W / 36.15111; -95.99139
Arealess than one acre
Built1921
NRHP reference No. 82003706 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 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. Later, it housed the Mayo Brothers Furniture Company. [2] [3] It was identified as one of the supporting structures during the creation of the Oil Capital Historic District. [4]

The simple facade is said to be typical of the pre-Art Deco designs used in many downtown Tulsa buildings. [5]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Best of Tulsa - Petroleum Building" Archived 2010-12-09 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed March 10, 2011.
  3. "Petroleum Building". Tulsa Preservation Commission. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  4. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Oil Capital Historic District. Archived 2014-07-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  5. NRHP Application: Petroleum Building. U.S. Department of the Interior. National Park Service. June 1978. Retrieved November 19, 2014.