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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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 14, 1983.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Escoe Building". Oklahoma Historical Society. Archived from the original on June 21, 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2008.