National Register Record for MANHATTAN BUILDING

Historic Name: MANHATTAN BUILDING
Current Name: SAME
Address: 325 WEST BROADWAY
City: MUSKOGEE            County: MUSKOGEE
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE MANHATTAN BUILDING IS AN EIGHT-STORY COMMERCIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTED IN DOWNTOWN MUSKOGEE IN 1911. THE BUILDING HAS A REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAME CLAD IN GREY BRICK. MAJOR DECORATIVE ELEMENTS INCLUDE THE TWO-STORY COLOSSAL COLUMNS WHICH FLANK THE ENTRY. THE SECOND FLOOR CORNICE IS HIGHLIGHTED WITH DENTILS. THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT ALTERATION HAS BEEN THE ADDITION OF A PENTHOUSE TO THE ROOF IN 1957. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 8/11/1983.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: COMMERCE/TRADE
Current Function: COMMERCE/TRADE
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: COMMERCE
Architectural Style: SULLIVANESQUE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1911            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: CA 1983