The vault tulsa1/2/2023 Admire the bronze statue of Atlas holding up a clock on the back wall. Today the building is a Courtyard by Marriott hotel with a few shops and the tasty Atlas Cafe on the ground floor. Pass through the door and you’re in the Atlas Life Building, built in 1922 for Tulsa’s first life insurance company. Down a few steps is the (heavy) door to the Atlas Life Building.ĬONCOURSE: Mid-Continent to Atlas Life Building It was one of many designed in 2002 for a fundraiser for the zoo’s new African black-footed penguin habitat. Walk towards the reception desk, turning left toward the elevators and another left to the painted penguin. Admire the Italian marble walls and stained glass with Tulsa skyline imagery. Take the escalator up to the beautiful lobby of the Mid-Continent Building. Follow the corridor until the T-intersection (below). Walk to the left of the vault, out the door. TULSA TUNNELS: 320 South Boston to Kennedy Building to Mid-Continent Building You’re now face-to-face with a 55-ton vault that’s now used for safety deposit boxes. Go back down the escalator and walk down the steps in between the escalators. A branch remains in the lobby, but its headquarters are now across the street in the BOK tower. The name changed to Bank of Oklahoma in the 70s. The name remains above the doors on the Boston Av entrance. The bank reorganized after the Great Depression and became known as the National Bank of Tulsa (NBT). Ride up a narrow escalator to the bank lobby to admire impressive hand-painted ceilings with Venetian motifs and travertine walls.īuilt in 1917 for the Exchange National Bank, this became the largest office building in the state with an expansion done in 1928. At the top of the stairs, round the bend and follow the hallway past GH2 Architects.
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