Escoe Building
Escoe Building | |
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Location | Muskogee, Oklahoma |
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Coordinates | 35°44′58.32″N 95°22′8″W / 35.7495333°N 95.36889°WCoordinates: 35°44′58.32″N 95°22′8″W / 35.7495333°N 95.36889°W |
Built | 1908 |
Architect | Escoe, W.T. |
Architectural style | No Style Listed |
NRHP Reference # | 83002094[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 14, 1983 |
The Escoe Building, also known as the Simmons Building, was at 228-230 N. 2nd St., Muskogee, Oklahoma. It was a two-story brick office building built in 1908 and demolished in 1988.
The Escoe Building was the only professional building in Muskogee's black district and housed the first black-owned bank in Oklahoma. It was also known as the Simmons Building because it housed the Simmons Royalty Co., Oklahoma's first major oil business owned by a black family.[2]
References
- ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Escoe Building". Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
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