Buildings of Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa is a hub of art deco and contemporary architecture, and most buildings of Tulsa are in either of these two styles. Prominent buildings include the BOK Tower, the second tallest building in Oklahoma; the futurist Oral Roberts University campus and adjacent Cityplex Towers, a group of towers that includes the third tallest building in Oklahoma; Boston Avenue Methodist Church, an Art Deco church designated as a National Historic Landmark; and the BOK Center, an 18,000 seat arena in downtown Tulsa.

Skyscrapers and highrises

Buildings	Height in feet	Stories	Image
BOK Tower	667	52
Cityplex	648	60
First Place Tower	516	41
Mid-Continent Tower	513	36
Bank of America Center	412	32
320 South Boston Building	400	22
110 West 7th Building	388	28
University Club Tower	377	32
Cityplex West Tower	348	30
Philtower	343	24
Liberty Towers	254	23	No Picture Available
Boulder Towers	253	15	No Picture Available
Mayo Hotel	252	18
First National Bank	250	20	No Picture Available
Cityplex East Tower	248	20
Thompson Building	215	15
2300 Riverside Apartments	176	16

Auditoriums, arenas, and theaters

1910 to 1919
Image	Building	Date	Architect	Notes
	Grand Opera House	Built in 1905.		Converted to furniture store, then an auction house. Demolished for Urban Renewal project.
Image of Orpheum theater, c. 1969 Image of interior	Orpheum Theater, 12 E. 4th St.	1924		Originally a Vaudeville theater. Converted to movie theater in 1931. Held world premiers for The Song of Bernadette and Tulsa. Demolished in 1970.
	Brady Theater	1912-14, remodeled 1930, additions 1952	1930 remodel, Bruce Goff
	Majestic Theater, 406 S. Main St.	1917		First theater in Tulsa designed for movies, first in Tulsa with sound system, and first in Tulsa with Organ. Showed first talkie in Tulsa and first 3-D movie in Tulsa. Demolished.
	Rialto Theater, 7 W. 3rd St.	1917		First theater in Tulsa to have air-conditioning. Demolished.
	Akdar Shrine Temple (Cimarron Ballroom), 221 W. 4th St.	1925		Built in exotic Moorish, Art Dec, Roccoco style. Demolished in 1973.
	Ritz Theater, 18 W. 4th St.	1926		Theater demolished in 1960. Remaining Ritz Building demolished in 1973
	Fairgrounds Pavilion, Tulsa State Fairgrounds	1932		Art Deco PWA. Photo looking west in the 1960s toward downtown Tulsa skyline
	Cain's Ballroom	1924		Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
	Tulsa Coliseum, 502 S Elgin Ave.	1928		Destroyed by fire September 1952
	Circle Theater, 10 S. Lewis Ave.	1928		Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
	Palace Theater, 118 S. Main	remodeled 1935	Remodel by Joseph R. Koberling	Art Deco (Streamline style). Demolished
	Delman Theater, 2335 E. 15th St.	1938		Art Deco (Streamline style). Demolished
	Will Rogers Theater, 4502 East 11th Street	1941		Art Deco (Streamline style). Demolished
	Brook Theatre, 3307 South Peoria Avenue	1945		Art Deco (Streamline style) Converted to restaurant
	Big Ten Ballroom (American Beauty), 1632 East Apache Street	1950		Art Deco (Streamline style).
	Mabee Center, Oral Roberts University, 81st and Lewis	1972	Frank Wallace
	Tulsa Convention Center, 6th and Houston	1964
	Tulsa Performing Arts Center	1977	Minoru Yamasaki
	University of Tulsa, Reynolds Center	1998
	BOK Center	2008	César Pelli

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See also

• Tulsa, Oklahoma
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Oklahoma
• List of Art Deco buildings in Tulsa, Oklahoma