The 110 West 7th Building is a commercial
high-rise building in
Tulsa, Oklahoma. The building rises 388 feet (118 m),
making it the
7th-tallest building in the city, and the 14th-tallest building in the
U.S. state of
Oklahoma
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. It currently stands as the 3rd-tallest
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skyscraper
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in the city, behind the
BOK Tower
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and the
Bank of America Center. The building, with its black and white grid exterior floodlighted at night, is a Tulsa landmark.
History
The building was completed in 1971.
It was originally constructed to serve as the world headquarters of
Cities Service Oil and Gas Corp., when it moved its headquarters from the famous
Cities Service Building in
New York City. At one point, the building had 2,300 employees, with transferees from New York,
Bartlesville
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, and
Philadelphia. During that time, the company was Tulsa's largest private employer.
In 1980, Cities Service commenced a new 52-story headquarters in
downtown Tulsa that was intended to become Oklahoma's tallest building. However, as Cities Service and the Citgo brand underwent a series of corporate transformations—first being sold to
Occidental Petroleum Corporation, then to
Southland Corporation
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, and ultimately to
Petróleos de Venezuela—the company's needs changed. Cities Service eventually moved its headquarters out of downtown Tulsa, first to a tower in south Tulsa, then ultimately leaving Tulsa and moving the headquarters to
Houston in 2004. The planned replacement tower was topped off at 17 stories and now serves as headquarters for
ONEOK, Inc. Over time, Occidental also reduced its occupancy at 110 West 7th, leaving it underutilized. Subsequent ownership performed upgrades and the building now serves as a general-purpose office tower.
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Architecture
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that matured after World War II.
Notable tenants
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy), a California-based oil and gas exploration and production company, has Oklahoma
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offices in the building. The company is the largest oil producer in Texas and the largest natural gas producer in California.
See also
*List of tallest buildings in Tulsa
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* Buildings of Tulsa
References
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Skyscraper office buildings in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Office buildings completed in 1971
International style architecture in Oklahoma