Commerce Building - Okmulgee Downtown Historic District - Okmulgee, OK
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hamquilter
N 35° 37.356 W 095° 58.296
15S E 230867 N 3946157
This is an eye-catcher on the town square - an elaborate Beaux Arts style office building with most of its original embellishment.
Waymark Code: WMBWV0
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/28/2011
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The 8-story office building at 117-121 S. Grand (addressed on building as 115 S. Grand), faces the town square, and was built in 1921. It is constructed of buff-colored brick and terra cotta trim, and has a full basement. The facade is divided into five ranks.
The second floor is crowned with a frieze with ornate scroll and wreath terra cotta molding. The 3rd through 7th floors have Solominic columns with cast stone designs. The 8th floor has decorative pilasters crowned with a frieze with shield, shell and leaf designs. The roof line has a balustrade with finials. An elaborate pediment with a shell motif tops off this beautiful building. The upper windows are paired with wood double-hung sashes.
The ground floor storefronts have been updated with aluminum and glass doors and windows. The entrance on the left, facing west has a stone surround, with cast patterns in the panels to either side of the doors. Above this entrance is a flat, ornate copper awning, hung from the wall with chains.
The building is currently vacant and being reburbished. This building is Item 11 on 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:
117-121 S. Grand Avenue
(aka 115 S. Grand)
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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