Co-Operative Publishing Company Building
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The building in 2015 | |
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| Location | Harrison Ave. and 2nd St., Guthrie, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates | 35°52′39″N 97°25′32″W / 35.87750°N 97.42556°WCoordinates: 35°52′39″N 97°25′32″W / 35.87750°N 97.42556°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1902 |
| Architect | Joseph Pierre Foucart |
| NRHP Reference # | 73001564[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 7, 1973 |
The Co-Operative Publishing Company Building is a historic building in Guthrie, Oklahoma, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Daily Oklahoma State Capital newspaper was first printed in a smaller building at this location in 1889. That building burned to the ground in 1902 and was replaced by this four-story structure. The new building was designed by Joseph Pierre Foucart, and completed in that year. It was erected with the help of subscriptions in the amount of $50,000. By 1897 the newspaper/publishing company occupied the entire four-story building, giving it a total of 10,000 square feet of floor space. It was soon employing up to one hundred people, and running 24 hours a day, six days a week.[1]
The Oklahoma State Capital was initially published in Kansas, and came to Guthrie with the Land Rush of 1889. The newspaper was the first published in the Oklahoma Territory, and became the largest printing house west of the Mississippi River. The State Capital Printing Company was awarded all the Territorial printing and soon became the territory's largest printing, book-binding, and school-supply business.[1][2]
The first edition of the paper, printed in Kansas, contained the proclamation by President William Henry Harrison that opened the Oklahoma Territory to settlement.[1] The Oklahoma State Capital was acquired by the Guthrie Daily Leader in 1911, and publication under the State Capital title ended. After 1911, the building continued to be used for printing and book-binding, its owner now named the Co-Operative Publishing Company, which was the largest publishing company in Oklahoma for many years.[3]
Use as museum
In 1975, the building was acquired by the Oklahoma Historical Society, who had plans to outfit it as a publishing museum.[4] The State Capital Publishing Museum opened in 1983.[5] In the 1990s and again in the 2000s, budget cuts led to the trimming of staff and programs at the museum,[4] and unexpected building-maintenance problems in 2012 led to a decision to close the museum indefinitely.[6] As of 2016, the museum has remained closed since 2012.
References
- 1 2 3 4 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ http://gateway.okhistory.org/explore/collections/DOKSC/
- ↑ Ruth, Kent (April 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Co-Operative Publishing Company Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- 1 2 "Proposals Being Accepted for the Redevelopment of Guthrie's Historic State Capital Publishing Company Building" (Press release). Oklahoma Historical Society. March 20, 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ↑ Ruth, Kent (March 6, 1983). "After 75 Years of Fuming Frustration, Guthrie Has State Capital Museum". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ↑ Painter, Brian (November 27, 2012). "Guthrie's State Capital Publishing Museum closed indefinitely". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
External links
Media related to Co-Operative Publishing Company Building at Wikimedia Commons
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