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. Previously known as Liberty Tower (the name it had upon completion), Bank One Tower then Chase Tower (BankOne later merging into JP Morgan, Chase), and most recently Cotter Ranch Tower/Cotter Tower, after real estate holdings owner James Cotter of

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. At 152.4 meters (500 feet), it is the second tallest building in the city and the sixth tallest in the state of

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History

Located at 100 North Broadway Avenue, the 36-floor skyscraper was completed in 1971 for

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, once one of Oklahoma City's largest banks. Liberty Bank was purchased by

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in 1997. After the bank's acquisition by Bank One, the tower displayed the Bank One logo. Today the tower presently displays the

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logo as the bank holds an agreement to lease signage rights on the building. The anchor of the ''

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'', salvaged after the battleship was sunk at

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on December 7, 1941, was located on the Park Avenue median between Chase Tower and the

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in 2004. In 2016, Tyler Toney of

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set the

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for the world's highest basketball shot from the roof of the tower.

Architecture

Tenants

* Anadarko Minerals, Inc. (AMI) * Anderson McCoy & Orta Attorneys at Law * BancFirst Headquarters * Business Aircraft Title International, Inc. (BATI) * Fellers Snider Attorneys at Law * Globe Life Insurance * Hall Estill Attorneys at Law * Mesa Natural Gas Solutions * JPMorgan Chase Financial Services * Morgan Stanley Financial Services * National Aircraft Finance Association (NAFA) In addition to hosting other prominent

businesses, the building is home to

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of Oklahoma City, which hosts meetings of

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Chapter 29, the fourth largest private club in the world. A transmission tower on the roof offers Sprint Broadband Direct fixed wireless internet service to customers within a 35-mile radius of the tower. Sprint Broadband Direct stopped accepting new customers in

in 2001, before briefly starting again in 2005. Sprint officially terminated services on June 30, 2008.

Gallery

Image:Okcskylineskrivinchaseumb.jpg, BancFirst Tower with Skirvin hotel and City Place Tower August 2009 Image:Chaseskrivinokc.jpg, BancFirst Tower

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