Historic Name: ESCOE BUILDING
Current Name: SAME
Address: 228-230 N 2ND
City: MUSKOGEE
County: MUSKOGEE Section: None
Township: None
Range: None
Description of significance: THE ESCOE BUILDING HOUSED THE FIRST BLACK OWNED BANK IN OKLAHOMA, WAS THE ONLY PROFESSIONAL OFFICE BUILDING IN MUSKOGEE'S BLACK DISTRICT, AND IS IMPORTANT FOR ITS HISTORIC ASSOCIATION WITH THE J.J. SIMMONS ROYALTY COMPANY, THE FIRST MAJOR PETROLEUM FIRM IN OKLAHOMA TO BE OWNED AND OPERATED BY A BLACK FAMILY. THE ESCOE BUILDING IS A TWO-STORY BRICK COMMERCIAL BUILDING WITH A FLAT ROOF. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 7/14/1983. DESTROYED CIRCA 1988.
Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: COMMERCE / TRADE
Current Function: VACANT/NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 2: ETHNIC HERITAGE: BLACK
Architectural Style: 62 COMMERCIAL
Architect: W T ESCOE
Year Built: 1908
Original Site: YES
Condition: DEMOLISHED
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: FORBES MAGAZINE AUGUST 30, 1982. ARTICLE ON THE SIMMONS ROYALTY COMPANY; SMITH , BETTY"HISTORIC SIMMONS BUILDING SOUGHT FOR STATE EMPLOYEE'S PARKING LOT." MUSKOGEE PHOENIX, JULY 1981.
Date Prepared: JAN 1983