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Showed first talkie in Tulsa and first 3-D movie in Tulsa. Destroyed by fire 1973. Rialto Theater, 7 W. 3rd St.(AKA-Orpheum) 1917: John Eberson (1,400 seats) This was Tulsa's second Rialto, first sat next door at 13 W. 3rd. First theater in Tulsa to have air-conditioning. Demolished 1971. Akdar Theatre, (Cimarron Ballroom), 221 W. 4th St. 1925
The Mayo Hotel was built in 1925, designed by architect George Winkler, and financed by John D. and Cass A. Mayo. [2] The base of two-story Doric columns supports fourteen floors marked with false terracotta balconies, and a two-story crown of stone and a dentiled cornice [3] At the time the 600-room hotel was the tallest building in Oklahoma.
Former U.S. Route 66 over the Arkansas River from Tulsa to West Tulsa 36°08′38″N 96°00′10″W / 36.143889°N 96.002778°W / 36.143889; -96.002778 ( Eleventh Street Arkansas River
The building was first occupied in 1917, finished construction in 1919 and was the seat of city government until 1969. [2] [3] The building was vacant between 1969 and 1973, when it was renovated by architect Joe Coleman. [1] [2] In 1975, the building was the second building in Tulsa listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] [4]
Harwelden Mansion Bronze Statue Harwelden Mansion Bed and Breakfast, west view overlooking the Arkansas River. Harwelden is a historical building, also known as Harwelden Mansion, and is an English Tudor-styled mansion with Collegiate Gothic elements in Tulsa, Oklahoma that is an Event Center and Bed and Breakfast. It was built in 1923 by a ...
The Creek Council Oak Tree in 2012. The city now known as Tulsa was first settled by the Lochapoka (Turtle Clan) Muscogee() between 1828 and 1836.Driven from their native Alabama, and led by their chief, Achee Yahola, the Lochapokas established a new home at a site near present-day Cheyenne Avenue and 18th Street.
The district, located a couple blocks west of Interstate 444, includes 7.5 blocks of two north-south avenues, S. Elgin Ave. and S. Franklin Ave. It is bounded on the east by S. Kenosha Avenue, by S. Eighth Street on the south, by S. Detroit Ave. and S. Elgin Ave. on the west, and by a railroad spur right-of-way on the north.
Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma.It has many diverse neighborhoods due to its size. Downtown Tulsa is an area of approximately 1.4 square miles (3.6 km 2) surrounded by an inner-dispersal loop created by Interstate 244, Highway 64, and Highway 75.