National Register Record for AVERY BUILDING

Historic Name: AVERY BUILDING
Current Name: A & B INSTRUMENTS BUILDING
Address: 15 E CALIFORNIA
City: OKLAHOMA CITY            County: OKLAHOMA
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE RED BRICK, WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS IN THE BRICKTOWN DISTRICT OF OKC ASR SIGNIFICANT BOTH ARCHITECTURALLY AND HISTORICALY. THE BUILDINGS REPRESENT THE LAST OF THE RED BRICK STRUCTURES WHICH ONCE DOMINATED THE TOWN'S SKYLINE. HISTORICALLY, THE STRUCTURES PR

Type: B BUILDING
Historic Function: 02 COMMERCE/TRADE
Current Function: 02 COMMERCE/TRADE
Area of Significance 1: 050 COMMERCE
Area of Significance 2: 030 ARCHETICTURE
Architectural Style: YES
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: UNKNOWN            Original Site: 1898-1928
Condition: PILASTERS BREAK THE FRONT FAÇADE INTO THREE VERTICAL SECTION, EACH WITH TWO SETS OF DOUBLE WINDOWS. ABOVE THE WINDOWS ON THE LOWER LEVELS IS A RICH PATTERN OF CORBELLED BRICK FORMING DIAMOND SHAPES IN SETS OF THREE. THE SECOND STORY WINDOWS ARE EACH TOPP
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: BOB BLACKBURN, "HEART OF THE PROMISED LAND; AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY"
Date Prepared: 1983