J. Wayne Hensley Building - Okmulgee Downtown Historic District - Okmulgee, OK - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

The three-story brick building at 501 E. 6th Street is known as the J. Wayne Hensley Building. It was constructed in 1919 in the Early Commercial style. The building was once a hotel and, though damaged, the black and white tile in the recessed entry still reads: "...AIN HOTEL".

There are five bays along the facade as well as the side of this building. The bays are divided by brick columns with stone insets at the top of the first and third floors. The columns are connected to each other above the third floor windows by brick arches. The building has an attractive look due to the small stone blocks set at the corners of all windows, in the arches, and at the top of the columns. On both street-facing sides, there is a pressed tin cornice with tin brackets.

The storefronts facing 6th Street are recessed with a tiled entry. There is also a canted entrance at the southwest corner which accesses the Okmulgee Tag Agency. On the west side, two of the bays are brick and one is metal-sided. All windows on the second and third floors are covered with metal siding. These are single windows, with continuous stone sills beneath groupings of four windows in the center bays, and three windows in all other bays.

At the center roof line facing 6th Street, a long stone block reads: "19 J.WAYNE HENSLEY BLG. 19". This building is Item 48 in the District nomination.

Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Okmulgee Downtown Historic District Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link] NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): [Web Link] Address: 501 E. 6th Street Okmulgee, OK 74447 How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Narrative found on the internet (Link provided below) Optional link to narrative or database: [Web Link]

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