{{Short description|Historical high-rise building in Tulsa, Oklahoma}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox building |name = Thompson Building |image = Thompson Building, Tulsa. OK.jpg |image_size = 200px |caption = The Thompson Building in downtown Tulsa |location = 20 East Fifth Street,<ref name="SKY"/> Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |coordinates = {{coord|36|09|05|N|95|59|20|W|display=inline,title}} |roof = {{convert|215|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="EMP"/> |floor_count = 15<ref name="SKY"/> |building_type = Office<ref name="SKY"/> |completion_date = 1923, 1929<ref name="SKY"/> |opening_date = 1923<ref name="SKY"/> |architect = Arthur M. Atkinson }} The '''Thompson Building''' is a historic high-rise building in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The building rises 215 feet (66 m) in downtown Tulsa.<ref name="EMP">{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=thompsonbuilding-tulsa-ok-usa|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729200513/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=thompsonbuilding-tulsa-ok-usa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 29, 2012|title=Thompson Building|accessdate=2007-12-29|publisher=Emporis.com}}</ref> It contains 15 floors,<ref name="SKY">{{cite web|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=40127|title=Thompson Building|accessdate=2007-12-29|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com}}</ref> and was completed in 1923.<ref name="EMP"/> The First National Bank Building currently stands as the 17th-tallest building in the city, and the 36th-tallest building in the state of Oklahoma. The architect who designed the building was Arthur M. Atkinson.
The Thompson Building was originally constructed in 1923 as a 10-story low-rise commercial building by brothers William, Jay, and Roy Thompson to serve as the business home for their ranches—a role the building fulfilled for 58 years.<ref name="EMP"/><ref name=Davis>Davis, KirLee, These Walls: Thompson Building in Downtown Tulsa, The Journal Record, Dec. 19, 2008.</ref> When Tidewater Oil and Gas approached the Thompson brothers in 1929 seeking office space in downtown Tulsa, the brothers hired Rucks-Brandt Construction to add five additional floors to the structure as well as a copper-tiled steeple reaching another five floors, bringing the high-rise to its present height.<ref name="EMP"/><ref name=Davis/> The building was constructed in the Beaux Arts architectural style,<ref name="SKY"/> and is the 2nd-tallest Beaux Arts high-rise in Tulsa, after the Mayo Hotel.
==See also== * List of tallest buildings in Tulsa * Buildings of Tulsa
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