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Railway Exchange Building (Muskogee, Oklahoma)
The Railway Exchange Building in Muskogee, Oklahoma is one of five skyscraper buildings, ranging from five to ten stories tall, built before 1912 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Pre-Depression Muskogee Skyscrapers Thematic Resources study. The others are: * Baltimore Hotel, * Manhattan Building, * Severs Hotel, and * Surety Building. This building is located at the corner of Second and Court Streets in downtown Muskogee. Architecture This building shares certain characteristics with the others listed above. Its architecture represents the Chicago School of architectural design: * It has a rectangular shape; * It is flat roofed; * It has a two-story base with large display windows; * Upper story windows are arranged in vertical bands, separated by pilaster-styled mullions; * Red brick and masonry appear throughout the building. Notable tenants The 8-story Railway Exchange Building was built to house railway company offices. Later, it was u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Muskogee () is the thirteenth-largest city in Oklahoma and the county seat of Muskogee County. Home to Bacone College, it lies approximately southeast of Tulsa. The population of the city was 36,878 as of the 2020 census, a 6.0 percent decrease from 39,223 in 2010. History French fur traders were believed to have established a temporary village near the future Muskogee in 1806, but the first permanent European-American settlement was established in 1817 on the south bank of the Verdigris River, north of present-day Muskogee. After the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 under President Andrew Jackson, the Muscogee Creek Indians were one of the "Five Civilized Tribes" forced out of the American Southeast to Indian Territory. They were accompanied by their slaves. The Indian Agency, a two-story stone building, was built here in Muskogee. It was a site for meetings among the leaders of the Five Civilized Tribes. Today it serves as a museum. At the top of what is known as A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
