The Oklahoma Natural Gas Company Building is a historic building in

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, at 624 South Boston Ave. It was one of the first local

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buildings built in the new Art Deco style, along with the Public Service of Oklahoma Building. This choice by the relatively conservative utility companies made the style acceptable in the city, with many Art Deco buildings built subsequently in Tulsa. The building was designed by Frank V. Kirshner and Arthur M. Atkinson. It was built of reinforced concrete, and clad in buff brick, except for the lower two stories, which are clad in limestone. The verticalness of the building is emphasized by piers rising the entire height of the facade with windows placed between the piers. This building was spared from demolition in 1982, when ONEOK (the successor to ONG) abandoned its plan to replace the structure with a new high-rise headquarters building. Instead, ONEOK took over a high-rise then under construction by

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at Fifth Street and Boulder Avenue.Davis, Kirby Lee "These Walls: Oneok Plaza in Tulsa". Journal Record, The (Oklahoma City). FindArticles.com. Retrieved July 14, 2011.

/ref> The building was listed on the

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on April 10, 1984, for architectural significance and as a representative of the tremendous growth Tulsa experienced during the 1920s. It is included in the Oil Capital Historic District as a contributing structure. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Oil Capital Historic District.
Retrieved June 19, 2014.

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Building's Web Site: * http://www.624Boston.com
Tulsa Preservation Commission
Skyscraper office buildings in Tulsa, Oklahoma Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Art Deco architecture in Oklahoma Oneok Historic district contributing properties in Oklahoma National Register of Historic Places in Tulsa, Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-struct-stub