Escoe Building

The Escoe Building was a historic commercial building located at 228-230 North Second Street in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Description and history

It was a two-story brick office building built in 1908 and demolished in 1988.
The Escoe Building was the only professional building in Muskogee's black district and housed the first black-owned bank in Oklahoma. It was also known as the Simmons Building because it housed the Simmons Royalty Co., Oklahoma's first major oil business owned by a black family.
It was listed on the National [Register of Historic Places] on July 14, 1983.