Cobb Building - Wagoner, OK
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hamquilter
N 35° 57.595 W 095° 22.607
15S E 285658 N 3982114
This building will take your breath away with its ornamentation.
Waymark Code: WMY68V
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 04/29/2018
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On the northeast corner of E. Cherokee and N. Main in downtown Wagoner, this building holds the distinction of being the first permanent brick building in the first incorporated town in Indian Territory. Styled in the Queen Anne Commercial style, it was constructed by pioneer settler Samuel S. Cobb in 1895. He built it to serve as a U.S. Post Office, as well as a drugstore business which he owned. The second floor was constructed with a ballroom and meetings areas and it served the community of Wagoner as the center of its social life until the 1920's. At that time, the second floor was divided into offices for doctors, dentists and attorneys, until the building was purchased in the 1960's by its current occupant, American Bank.
The south-facing facade is extremely ornate, with a pressed tin parapet. At each end of the facade, as well as on the northwest corner are fluted tin cupolas. The one on the southwest corner is embossed with "S. S. COBB / 1895".
The second floor has two three-sided bays which protrude three feet over the first floor. All windows are fixed-pane, with the ones on the first floor facade having cedar wood panels above and below each unit. In the 1970's all the windows were upgraded to thermopane, but the original framing was left undisturbed. The upper wall of the west side has a cedar parapet with dentils, under which are wood panels. The windows on the first floor facade have carved wood posts flanking them, and each window is divided in two.
This building leaves you standing in awe, marveling over the legacy Samuel Cobb has left the city of Wagoner.
