Mid-Continent Tower
The Mid-Continent Tower is a
skyscraper located at 401 South Boston Avenue in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. At
156 meters (513 ft) in height, it is the fourth-tallest building in Tulsa and in
Oklahoma. Faced with bright white terra cotta and crowned with a distinctive
copper roof, it is one of the city's most recognizable buildings.
The Mid-Continent Tower started out as the Cosden Building built for oil baron
Joshua Cosden in 1918, at sixteen-stories it was Tulsa's first skyscraper. The
Cosden Building was built on the site of the first Tulsa Schoolhouse, which was
established as a mission in 1885 on Creek Indian land. The building was restored
in 1980, and in 1984 a new 20-story tower was cantilevered over it, bringing the
total number of floors to 36. The tower appears to rest on the Cosden Building,
but it is actually supported by an addition built onto the east side of the
older structure. The entire project was designed to resemble the style of the
Cosden Building as closely as possible, giving the impression of a unified whole
even though the two sections of the building were constructed 66 years apart.
The Cosden Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1979.
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