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.

Escoe Building

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.

Escoe Building

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

Escoe Building

References

1908 establishments in Oklahoma

1988 disestablishments in Oklahoma

African-American history of Oklahoma

Buildings and structures demolished in 1988

Buildings and structures in Muskogee, Oklahoma

Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma

National Register of Historic Places in Muskogee County, Oklahoma

Office buildings completed in 1908