Thompson Building
| Thompson Building | |
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| File:Thompson Building, Tulsa. OK.jpg The Thompson Building in downtown Tulsa | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Office[1] |
| Location | 20 East Fifth Street,[1] Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
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| Completed | 1923, 1929[1] |
| Opening | 1923[1] |
| Height | |
| Roof | 215 ft (66 m)[2] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 15[1] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Arthur M. Atkinson |
The Thompson Building is a historic high-rise building in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The building rises 215 feet (66 m) in downtown Tulsa.[2] It contains 15 floors,[1] and was completed in 1923.[2] The First National Bank Building currently stands as the 17th-tallest building in the city, and the 36th-tallest building in the state of Oklahoma. The architect who designed the building was Arthur M. Atkinson.
The Thompson Building was originally constructed in 1923 as a 10-story low-rise commercial building by brothers William, Jay, and Roy Thompson to serve as the business home for their ranches—a role the building fulfilled for 58 years.[2][3] When Tidewater Oil and Gas approached the Thompson brothers in 1929 seeking office space in downtown Tulsa, the brothers hired Rucks-Brandt Construction to add five additional floors to the structure as well as a copper-tiled steeple reaching another five floors, bringing the high-rise to its present height.[2][3] The building was constructed in the Beaux Arts architectural style,[1] and is the 2nd-tallest Beaux Arts high-rise in Tulsa, after the Mayo Hotel.
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- ^ a b Davis, KirLee, These Walls: Thompson Building in Downtown Tulsa, The Journal Record, Dec. 19, 2008.
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