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Mid-Continent Tower

Today's asset is the Mid-Continent Tower from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
This is a very iconic building in the Tulsa skyline, and it has a rather unique history. While its architecture screams that it was built during the early 20th century, only the bottom 16 floors - and half of that part as well - was built then, in 1918. The remaining 20 floors were built in 1984, 66 years after the original Cosden building was built. These floors were not built on top of the building, however - instead, an extension to the original building on the east side of the building supports the extra tower, on which the 20 floor tower is cantilevered onto the original Cosden building. Unique, huh?

From Wikipedia:
The Mid-Continent Tower is a 36-story 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 fifth-tallest 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 design is unique because the first 16-story structure was built in 1918. The top 20 stories comprise a separate structure, cantilevered over the first 66 years later. The architects of the addition matched the design of the original structure so carefully that the result is considered a single structure. It is included as a contributing structure in Tulsa's Oil Capital Historic District.


Main building: 5455
LOD: 201