Escoe Building

Escoe Building
Location 228-230 N. 2nd St.,
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
Area less than one acre
Built 1908
Architect W.T. Escoe
NRHP reference # 83002094[1]
Added to NRHP July 14, 1983

The Escoe Building (also known as the Simmons Building) was a historic commercial building located at 228-230 North Second Street in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Description and history

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]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 14, 1983.

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Escoe Building". Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved 2008-02-08.


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