Escoe Building
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name =Escoe Building
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| image =
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| location = 228-230 N. 2nd St.,
Muskogee, Oklahoma
| coordinates = {{coord|35|44|58.32|N|95|22|8|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Oklahoma#USA
| area =less than one acre
| built = 1908
| architect = W.T. Escoe
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| added = July 14, 1983
| refnum = 83002094{{NRISref|2007a}}
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The Escoe Building (also known as the Simmons Building) was a historic commercial building located at 228-230 North Second Street in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Description and history
It was a two-story brick office building built in 1908 and demolished in 1988.
The Escoe Building was the only professional building in Muskogee's black district and housed the first black-owned bank in Oklahoma. It was also known as the Simmons Building because it housed the Simmons Royalty Co., Oklahoma's first major oil business owned by a black family.{{cite web| title = Escoe Building| publisher = Oklahoma Historical Society|url=http://www.ocgi.okstate.edu/shpo/shpopic.asp?id=83002094| accessdate = 2008-02-08| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621091319/http://www.ocgi.okstate.edu/shpo/shpopic.asp?id=83002094| archive-date = 2010-06-21| url-status = dead}}
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 14, 1983.
References
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Category:1908 establishments in Oklahoma
Category:1988 disestablishments in Oklahoma
Category:African-American history of Oklahoma
Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 1988
Category:Buildings and structures in Muskogee, Oklahoma
Category:Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Muskogee County, Oklahoma
Category:Office buildings completed in 1908
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