Railway Exchange Building (Muskogee, Oklahoma)

United States historic place

Railroad Exchange Building

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| 201 Court St.,
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Coordinates| 35°44′58.92″N 95°22′10.41″W﻿ / ﻿35.7497000°N 95.3695583°W﻿ / 35.7497000; -95.3695583
Architectural style| Chicago
MPS| Pre-Depression Muskogee Skyscrapers TR
NRHP reference No.| 83002096[1]
Added to NRHP| August 11, 1983

The Railway Exchange Building in Muskogee, Oklahoma is one of five skyscraper buildings, ranging from five to ten stories tall, built before 1912 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Pre-Depression Muskogee Skyscrapers Thematic Resources study.[2] The others are:

* Baltimore Hotel,
* Manhattan Building,
* Severs Hotel, and
* Surety Building.

This building is located at the corner of Second and Court Streets in downtown Muskogee.

## Architecture

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This building shares certain characteristics with the others listed above. Its architecture represents the Chicago School of architectural design:

* It has a rectangular shape;
* It is flat roofed;
* It has a two-story base with large display windows;
* Upper story windows are arranged in vertical bands, separated by pilaster-styled mullions;
* Red brick and masonry appear throughout the building.[2]

## Notable tenants

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The 8-story Railway Exchange Building was built to house railway company offices. Later, it was used for offices of Muskogee County, Oklahoma. By February 1983, when the application for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) was submitted, it was owned by the State of Oklahoma, which used it as an office building. It also housed Connors State College before the school moved to Northeastern State University’s Muskogee campus on Shawnee Bypass. A news article in 2012 indicated that the building had been vacated in December 2011.[3]

## Status

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Plans to renovate this historic building for another purpose have been put on indefinite hold in 2016, because the state has discontinued making such grants for such renovations due to its budget shortfall.

## References

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1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. ^ a b Claudia Craig (February 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Pre-Depression Muskogee Skyscrapers Thematic Resources" (pdf). National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-02-12. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
3. ^ Spaulding, Cathy. "9 historic buildings to be subjects of tour." Muskogee Phoenix. May 4, 2012. Accessed February 8, 2017.

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National Register of Historic Places in Muskogee County, Oklahoma

Fort Gibson|

* Administration Building-Post Hospital
* Cherokee National Cemetery
* Commandant's Quarters
* Dragoon Commandant's Quarters
* Fort Gibson
* Nash-Swindler House
* Officer's Quarters
* Post Adjutant's Office
* Post Blacksmith Shop
* Seawell-Ross-Isom House

Haskell|

* Nancy Taylor No. 1 Oil Well Site

Muskogee|

* Bacone College Historic District
* Central Baptist Church
* Coss House
* Escoe Building
* F.B. Fite House and Servant's Quarters
* First Baptist Church
* First Methodist Episcopal Church
* Grant Foreman House
* Fort Davis
* Kendall Place Historic District
* Manhattan Building
* Manual Training High School for Negroes
* Masonic Temple
* Murphy House
* Muskogee County Courthouse
* Muskogee Depot and Freight District
* Muskogee Municipal Building
* Patterson House
* Pre-Statehood Commercial District
* Railway Exchange Building
* Robb House
* St. Philip's Episcopal Church
* Severs Hotel
* Spirit of the American Doughboy
* Surety Building
* Trumbo House
* Union Agency
* US Courthouse
* Ward Chapel AME Church
* Welch House

Oktaha|

* Oktaha School

Rentiesville|

* Honey Springs Battlefield

Summit|

* Reverend L.W. Thomas Homestead
* St. Thomas Primitive Baptist Church
* W.E.B. DuBois School

Taft|

* Taft City Hall

Warner|

* Sheltered Shelter District

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Muskogee County, Oklahoma and List of National Historic Landmarks in Oklahoma
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