# Thompson Building

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{{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](/source/downtown_Tulsa)
|location        = 20 East Fifth Street,<ref name="SKY"/> [Tulsa](/source/Tulsa%2C_Oklahoma), [Oklahoma](/source/Oklahoma), [United States](/source/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](/source/Arthur_M._Atkinson)
}}
The '''Thompson Building''' is a historic [high-rise](/source/high-rise) building in [Tulsa, Oklahoma](/source/Tulsa%2C_Oklahoma). The building rises 215 feet (66 m) in [downtown Tulsa](/source/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](/source/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Tulsa) in the city, and the 36th-tallest building in the state of Oklahoma. The architect who designed the building was [Arthur M. Atkinson](/source/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](/source/Beaux-Arts_architecture) architectural style,<ref name="SKY"/> and is the 2nd-tallest Beaux Arts high-rise in Tulsa, after the [Mayo Hotel](/source/Mayo_Hotel).

==See also==
* [List of tallest buildings in Tulsa](/source/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Tulsa)
* [Buildings of Tulsa](/source/Buildings_of_Tulsa%2C_Oklahoma)

==References==
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{{Tulsa skyscrapers}}

Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Category:Office buildings completed in 1923

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