Escoe Building


Escoe Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Muskogee, Oklahoma
Coordinates	35°44′58.32″N 95°22′8″W / 35.7495333°N 95.36889°W / 35.7495333; -95.36889Coordinates: 35°44′58.32″N 95°22′8″W / 35.7495333°N 95.36889°W / 35.7495333; -95.36889
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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