Tulsa Fire Alarm Building

Famous Art Deco building designed by Frederick Vance Kershner and built in 1934. Way back when it was built, fire alarms came into that central location and they contacted the appropriate fire department to respond. It is buff brick with terra cotta designs of dragons and fire hoses. The last I knew, the lanterns out front were still missing, but the building has been sensitively restored by Fritz Baily Architects for the American Lung Association. It is a notable building in in all Art Deco books. I was stabbed to the heart when they demolished the adjacent annex which had the same ornamentation. Now a parking lot occupies the place of the former annex. :-(I should be happy the original building was saved, I am still telling myself I shouldn’t miss the annex.