National Register Record for SURETY BUILDING

Historic Name: SURETY BUILDING
Current Name: SAME
Address: 117 N. 3RD
City: MUSKOGEE            County: MUSKOGEE
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: CONSTRUCTED AROUND 1910 BY THE SOUTHERN SURETY COMPANY, THIS EIGHTY-STORY SKYSCRAPER REFLECTS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MUSKOGEE AS THE STATES LARGEST CITY DURING THE PERIOD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING STATEHOOD. ITS SULLIVANESQUE-TYPE ARCHITECTURE INDICATES THE PROMINENCE OF MUSKOGEES DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND IT IS AMONG THE FIRST SKYSCRAPERS BUILT IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE BUILDING IS CLAD IN RED BRICK, MARBLE, AND GLAZED TERRA COTTA. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 9/4/1986.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: COMMERCE/TRADE
Current Function: COMMERCE/TRADE
Area of Significance 1: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: SULLIVANESQUE
Architect: UNCOLLECTED
Year Built: 1910            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: CA 1986