Philcade Building history

They finally raised $1,400 for the purpose of building a church in 1899.

Waite moved from Iowa to Indian Territory in 1906 and soon started the Waite Phillips Petroleum Company, quickly becoming a famous oilman.

A new school was built to replace the Dawson School at another location. It described the opening enrollment at 60 students, and how a new system of 9-month (instead of 4 month) school years would begin that coming September of 1908.

The 50 meter/10-story steel and reinforced concrete structure, faced with buff brick, was built in 1921.

Completed in 1922, Atlas Life Building is located between the Philtower and Mid-Continent Tower.

In 1925, he sold the business and began constructing some of Tulsa’s most treasured buildings.

Standing as a beacon of the Tulsa skyline when it was completed in 1928 by architect Edward Buehler Delk, the Philtower still stands out amid other buildings with regal beauty.

Completed in 1929 and considered one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical Art Deco architecture in the United States, Boston Avenue is a work of art.

In 1942 it was sold to Standard Oil and renamed to Stanolind building.

When built, the location at 31st and Harvard was consider “way out in the country”. It was purchased in 1949 and designed to be developed and platted in four different stages.

In 1979, the Philtower was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

More Historic Homes of TulsaSeptember 7, 2016