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Oklahoma Publishing Company Building (Daily Oklahoman Building)

500 N Broadway Ave, Oklahoma City, OK

A five-story Daily Oklahoman home built in 1909 after the paper's earlier building burned.

📅 1909–present🏛️ Office BuildingRepurposed
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The story

The Oklahoma Publishing Company Building at 4th and Broadway was built in 1909 by Westlake Construction Co. to a design by Solomon Andrew Layton, who also designed the Oklahoma State Capitol. It replaced an earlier building of the paper that had been destroyed by fire. It is five stories on less than an acre.

The paper behind it began on January 14, 1894, when Rev. Samuel W. Small published the first issue of the Daily Oklahoman. Edward K. Gaylord became business manager in 1903, when the Oklahoma Publishing Company was formed. Gaylord became president in 1918 after Roy Stafford sold his controlling interest for $300,000. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1978, and is a contributing property in the Automobile Alley Historic District.

What's There Now

The building still stands and is part of the Automobile Alley Historic District.

Everything that was here

Did you know?

The first issue of the paper appeared January 14, 1894.
Gaylord's 1918 purchase of control cost $300,000.
The paper was renamed The Oklahoman in October 2003.

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