List of Art Deco buildings in Tulsa, Oklahoma

This is a list of Art Deco buildings and structures in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.

Zigzag Style

Image	Building	Date	Architect	Notes
Zigzag Style
	Eleventh Street Bridge October 1, 2020	1916-17, Modified 1929	Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co., Harrington, Howard & Ash^[1]	U.S. Highway 66 over the Arkansas River Listed on National Register of Historic Places^[1]
	Southwestern Bell Main Dial Building, 424 South Detroit Avenue	1924, Modified 1930	I. M. Timlin	Listed on National Register of Historic Places
	Day Building (Nelson's Buffeteria), 512 South Boston Avenue^[2]	1926	Bruce Goff
	Fawcett Building (Stanolind/Amoco), 515 South Boston Avenue^[2]	1926	Leon B. Senter
	Tulsa Club Building, 115 East 5th Street	1927	Rush, Endacott and Rush, Bruce Goff
	Medical and Dental Arts Building, 108 West 6th Street	1927	Arthur M. Atkinson, Joseph R Koberling	Demolished
	Page Warehouse, 2036 East 11th Street	1927	Rush, Endacott and Rush, Bruce Goff
	Adah Robinson Residence, 1119 South Owasso Avenue	1927–1929	Bruce Goff
	Oklahoma Natural Gas Building, 624 South Boston Avenue	1928	Arthur M. Atkinson, Frederick V. Kershner	Listed on National Register of Historic Places
	Christ the King Church, 1530 South Rockford Avenue	1928	Byrne & Byrne, Francis Barry Byrne
	Guaranty Laundry, 2036 East 11th Street	1928	Bruce Goff
	Skelly Building Addition, 23 West 4th Street	1928	Bruce Goff	Demolished
	Bliss Hotel, 123 South Boston Avenue^[2]	1929	L. I. Shumway	Demolished 1973
	Boston Avenue Methodist Church, 1301 South Boston Avenue	1929	Disputed, Adah Robinson and Bruce Goff credited	National Historic Landmark
	Public Service of Oklahoma, 600 South Main Street	1929	Joseph R. Koberling	Listed on National Register of Historic Places
	Riverside Studio, 1381 Riverside Drive	1929	Bruce Goff	Listed on National Register of Historic Places
	Westhope, 3704 South Birmingham Avenue	1929	Frank Lloyd Wright	Listed on National Register of Historic Places
	Midwest Equitable Meter, 3130 Charles Page Boulevard	1929
	Halliburton-Abbott Clothing Company Building (Sears/Skaggs), 500 South Boulder Avenue	1929	Frank C. Walter	Demolished and replaced by OneOK Building.
	Genet Building (American Airline Building)	1930	Noble, Fleming, Joseph R. Koberling	Demolished, 1969
	Warehouse Market, 925 South Elgin Avenue	1930	B. Gaylord Noftsger
	Gillette-Tyrell Building, 423 South Boulder Avenue	1930	Edward W. Saunders	Listed on National Register of Historic Places
	Milady's Cleaners, 1736-38 East 11th Street	1930
	Merchant's Exhibit Building, Tulsa State Fairgrounds	1930	Bruce Goff	Demolished (collapsed into abandoned coal mine)
	National Supply Company (U-Haul), 504 East Archer street^[2]	1930
	Fire Station #13, 3924 Charles Page Boulevard^[2]	1931	Albert Joseph Love
	Philcade, 511 South Boston Avenue	1931	Leon B. Senter	Listed on National Register of Historic Places
	Marquette School, 1519 South Quincy Avenue	1932
	Tulsa Municipal Airport Administration Building, 6600 East Apache Avenue	1932		Demolished
	State Theater (400 seats), 118 South Main Street	1935 Zigzag remodel of 1907 Wonderland Theater	Joseph R. Koberling	Demolished, 1973
	Shakespeare Monument, Woodward Park^[2]		Adah Robinson, Eugene Shonnard	/Users/steve/Desktop/Living Arts on Brady Again.JPG
	Westinghouse Warehouse (Bedcheck)			(Living Arts in 2009)

PWA Style

Image	Building	Date	Architect	Notes
PWA Style
	Eleventh Street Arkansas River Bridge, U.S. Highway 66 over the Arkansas River	1916-17, Modified 1929		Listed on National Register of Historic Places
	Oak Lawn Cemetery Entrance Gates, 11th and Peoria^[2]	c. 1930
	Tulsa Union Depot, 3 South Boston Avenue	1931		New Home of the Oklahoma Jazz Hall Of Fame, circa 2007. Often referred to as "Jazz Depot".
	Animal Detention Center (Tulsa SPCA), 2910 Mohawk Boulevard^[2]	1931
	Fairgrounds Pavilion, Tulsa State Fairgrounds, now known as Expo Square Pavilion	1932	Leland I. Shumway
	Tulsa Fire Alarm Building, 1010 East 8th Street	1934	Frederick V. Kershner	Listed on National Register of Historic Places Current home to American Cancer Society
	Union Bus Depot, 319 South Cincinnati Avenue	1935		Demolished
	Daniel Webster High School, 1919 West 40th Street	1938	Arthur M. Atkinson, John Duncan Forsyth, Raymond Kerr, and William H. Wolaver.^[3]
	Will Rogers High School, 3909 East 5th Place	1938	Joseph R. Koberling
	Oklahoma Department of Transportation (Empire Roofing), 1709 East King Place^[2]	1940
	National Guard Armory, 3902 East 15th Street^[2]	1942
	Hawks Ice Cream Co., 2415 E. 11th Street^[2]	1948
	Service Pipeline Building (ARCO Building), 520 S. Cincinnati^[2]	1949	Leon B. Senter and Associates^[4]

Streamline Style

Image	Building	Date	Architect	Notes
Streamline Style
	Holland Hall School Building (Boulder on the Park )^[2]	1923, remodeled 1947		Listed on National Register of Historic Places
	Uptown Theater (800 seats), 18 South Main Street	1928		Demolished, 1975
	Tower Theater (800 seats), 1105 South Denver Avenue	1930	W. Scott Dunne	Demolished, 1977
	Mid Continent Oil Co. Station, 2102 South Utica	1931		Demolished
	Marathon Oil Co. Station, 201 North Boston Avenue	1931		Demolished
	Lerner Shop, 419 South Main Street	remodeled ca. 1931
	KVOO Transmitter Station, 15050 East 11th Street	1932		Demolished
	Cities Service Oil Co. Station, 1502 East 11th Street	1932
	William D. Whenthoff Residence, 1142 South College Avenue	1933	Joseph R. Koberling
	T. N. Law Residence, 1841 East 27th Street	1935		Demolished
	G. C. Pride Residence, 2103 E. 3rd St.	Remodeled 1935	Joseph R. Koberling	Demolished
	Texas Oil Co. Service Station, 2501 Southwest Boulevard	1936		Demolished
	Jesse D. Davis Residence, 3231 South Utica Avenue	1936
	J. B. McGay Residence, 1551 South Yorktown Place	1936	Joseph R. Koberling
	Tulsa Monument Company, 1735 East 11th Street	1936	Harry H. Mahler
	Silver Castle Restaurants, 15th & Peoria, Admiral & Lewis, 6th & Main, 113 E. 10th, 11th & Indianapolis, 3rd & Denver, 5600 E. 11th, 2341 S. Quannah, 3240 E. Admiral Pl.	1936-40	Ora Overholzer	Art Deco Streamline Demolished
	Burtner N. Fleeger Residence, 2827 South Birmingham Place	1937
	John Duncan Forsyth Residence, 2424 East 29th Street	1937
	Security Federal (Court of Three Sisters), 120 West 4th Street	remodeled 1937	Harry H. Mahler^[4]	Demolished
	Whitlock's Grocery, 2623 East 11th Street	1937		Demolished
	John Leroy Shakley Residence, 7219 South Evanston Avenue	1937		Demolished
	Howard J. Sherman Residence, 7228 South Evanston Avenue	1937
	Loew's Delman Theater (1400 seats), 2335 East 15th Street	1938	W. Scott Dunne	Demolished, 1989
	Skelly Oil Company Station, 829 S. Denver Ave.	1938		Demolished
	Arnold Ungerman Residence, 1718 East 37th Street	remodeled 1941
	People's State Bank, 2408 East Admiral Boulevard	1941		Demolished
	City Veterinary Clinic, 3550 South Peoria Avenue	1942	Joseph R. Koberling
	Midwest Marble and Tile, 507 South Quaker Avenue	1945
	Century Geophysical Corp., 6650 East Apache Avenue	1946
	Day and Nite Cleaners, 1012 S. Elgin Ave	1946	William Wolaver
	Town and Country Restaurant, 3301 S Peoria^[2]	1946
	Phoenix Cleaners, 125 East 18th Street	1947
	Newspaper Printing Corp. Office, 317 South Boulder Avenue	1947	John Cushing^[4]
	Morrow Geophysical Building, 3345 South Harvard Avenue	1948		Architecturally lost. Remodeling has removed Art Deco elements.
	Parkcade Parking Garage, 2nd Street and Boston	1949	Henry R. Lohman Construction Company	Demolished, 1973
	Mayo Motor Inn, 416 South Cheyenne Avenue	1950	Leon B. Senter and Associates^[4]
	Baehler Brothers Service Station, 3702 South Peoria Avenue^[2]	1950		Demolished, 2015
	Big Ten Ballroom (American Beauty), 1632 East Apache Street^[2]	1950
	Southwestern Bell Branch Office (The Browns School), 1333 N. Utica^[2]

Deco Moderne Style

Image	Building	Date	Architect	Notes
Deco Moderne
	Tulsa Theater (1400 seats), 215 South Main Street	1941	Corgan & Moore	Demolished, 1973
	Will Rogers Theater (1000 seats), 4502 East 11th Street	1941	Jack Corgan	Demolished, 1976
	Pines Theater (1200 seats), 1515 North Cincinnati Avenue	1944	Corgan & Moore	Demolished, 1966
	Loew's Brook Theater (800 seats), 3307 South Peoria Avenue	1945	William Henry Cameron Calderwood
	KVOO Radio Station, 3701 S. Peoria (KJRH)^[2]	1946
	Fire Station #7, 601 South Lewis Avenue^[2]	1947	Joseph R. Koberling
	Cove Theater (600 seats), 2321 West 41st Street	1947		Demolished, 1955
	Fire Station #3, 1339 East 1st Street	1948	John Wesley Robb	Demolished 1966 for I-244
	Fire Station #16, 1401 North Lewis Avenue^[2]	1948	John Wesley Robb
	Fire Station #15, 4162 East Admiral Street^[2]	1948	Hanton and Wilson
	Peoria Theater (800 seats), 2541 North Peoria Avenue	1948		Demolished, 1985
	Rex Theater (600 seats), 2545 East Admiral Place	1948 Deco Moderne remodel due to extensive fire and water damage		closed
	Rialto Theater (1200 seats), 17 West 3rd Street	1948 Deco remodel of 1905 Empress Theater	Leon B. Senter	Demolished, 1972
	Royal Theater (800 seats), 2637 East 11th Street	1948, (converted to ballroom in the mid '50s)	Hill, Sorey, & Hill	Demolished, 1991
	Fire Station #14, 3602 South Lewis Avenue	1950	Joseph R. Koberling
	Fire Station # 17, 1351 North Sheridan^[2]	1953	Hanton and Wilson
	Fire Station #3, 1013 East 3rd Street^[2]	1909 remodeled 1948
	Home Federal Savings (BOK), 31st and Harvard^[2]	1956	Koberling and Brandberg
	KVOO Television Studio (KJRH), 3701 S. Peoria	1956	Koberling and Brandberg

Art Deco Revival

Image	Building	Date
Revival
	Metro Diner, 3001 East 11th Street, Rt 66	1980
	MTTA Downtown Transfer Center, 4th and Denver	1999
	Myers-Duren Harley Davidson, 4848 S. Peoria	1999

Notes

^ ^a ^b National Register of Historic Places listing data
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x Gebhard, David. Tulsa Art Deco. Tulsa, Tulsa Foundation for Architecture, 2001.
^ Tulsa Art Deco Archived 2010-10-10 at the Wayback Machine at Price Tower Arts Center website (accessed March 4, 2010).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "A Tour Of Futures Past :: TULSA AND OKLAHOMA HISTORY COLLECTION". cdm15020.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved 2018-03-27.

References

Tulsa Art Deco Society https://web.archive.org/web/20080119100734/http://tulsaartdecosociety.com/index.html%E2%80%94a great site with photos and more

Tulsa Foundation for Architecture, Art Deco Page

[NRHP-1] National Register of Historic Places listing data

[Gebhard-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x Gebhard, David. Tulsa Art Deco. Tulsa, Tulsa Foundation for Architecture, 2001.

[3] Tulsa Art Deco Archived 2010-10-10 at the Wayback Machine at Price Tower Arts Center website (accessed March 4, 2010).

[cdm15020.contentdm.oclc.org-4] "A Tour Of Futures Past :: TULSA AND OKLAHOMA HISTORY COLLECTION". cdm15020.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved 2018-03-27.

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