Thursday, April 5, 2012

Tulsa Club Building

Symmetrical.


Detailed parallel lines run down the length of the building.

115 East 5th Street


The eleven-story building was designed by Bruce Goff and built in 1927, "through the joint effort of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce and the Tulsa Club. The first five floors of the building were occupied by the Chamber and other business organizations while the top six floors and the roof garden were inhabited by the Tulsa Club. The Tulsa Club contained dormitory rooms on the sixth floor and a men’s lounge on the eighth floor. The club also had a gymnasium and barber shop. The club’s interior had Art Deco ornamentation including fireplace tiles. Built of Bedford stone, the original 5th Street entrance was designed with abstract detailing above the doorway."


This building now stands empty and most likely condemned due to asbestos. It is too expensive to renovate and certain regulations keep it from being demolished. 

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