Boston Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Added to the National Register in 1978, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Boston Avenue United Methodist Church, located in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, and completed in 1929, is considered to be one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical Art Deco architecture in the United States, and has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built by a congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1999. It has 15 floors.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 1301 South Boston Ave., Tulsa, OK |
| County | Tulsa County |
| Listed | Aug 31, 1978 |
| Reference number | 78002270 |
| Architect | Bruce Goff |
| Type of place | Protestant church building |
| Style | Art Deco |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 1301 South Boston Ave., Tulsa, OK |
| Coordinates | 36.14394, -95.98477 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Oklahoma City National Memorial · 98 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Tall Chief Cove 14 mi · Brush Creek Public Use Area 15 mi · Washington Irving South 16 mi |
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Nearby in Tulsa County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 78002270. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.