Tulsa Preservation Commission

Promoting Tulsa’s welfare through the preservation and protection of our many historic resources.

  1. Historic Preservation Permit Subcommittee Regular Meeting

    February 19 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

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Endangered Buildings & Places

Tulsa Art Deco

Tulsa’s collection of Art Deco is internationally celebrated, but we are still losing important pieces of our Art Deco heritage to demolition and neglect. In fact, in the twenty years between its original publication and the recently updated edition, a dozen of the buildings featured in Tulsa Foundation for Architecture’s landmark book, Tulsa Art Deco, have fallen to the bulldozer.

Union Bus DepotSkelly Building
Art Deco Union Bus Depot (left) razed in 1987; Skelly Building, with Bruce Goff-designed Art Deco addition, razed in 2004 (right).

Currently, the 1927 Zig Zag Tulsa Club Building is underutilized and quickly falling into disrepair.

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The Tulsa Preservation Commission administers Historic Preservation Zoning, identifies and nominates properties to the National Register of Historic Places, and produces educational material describing Tulsa historic resources.
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Tulsa Preservation Commission
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Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103
phone: 918-579-9448
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