When it comes to retro architecture, it`s hard to find more gems than what Tulsa, Oklahoma has to offer!
Here are some details and facts about this amazing building rooted in oil money:
Architectural style Art Deco
Address 423 South Boulder Avenue
Groundbreaking 1929
Construction stopped 1931
Architect Edward W. Saunders
The Gillette-Tyrrell Building is a building in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was begun in 1929 by two Tulsa oilmen, J. M. Gillette [a] and H. C. Tyrrell. They initially planned to construct a three-story office building at 432 S. Boulder Avenue, topped by a ten-story hotel, but these plans were canceled during the Great Depression and they stopped construction at the third floor. In 1931, they sold it to the Knights of Pythias, who decided to complete it as an office building and renamed it the Pythian Building.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places NRHP on January 21, 1982 NRIS #82003703. The application lists its architecture as a mix of the Art Deco styles: Modern and Zig Zag
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