Pythian Building

Pythian Building
Pythian Building (formerly Gillette-Tyrell Building) in 2007
Former names	Gillette-Tyrrell Building
General information
Architectural style	Art Deco
Address	423 South Boulder Avenue
Town or city	Tulsa, Oklahoma
Country	United States
Coordinates	36°09′05″N 95°59′28″W / 36.1514°N 95.9911°W / 36.1514; -95.9911
Named for	J. M. Gillette and H. C. Tyrrell
Groundbreaking	1929
Construction stopped	1931
Owner	Price Family Properties
Technical details
Floor count	3
Lifts/elevators	2
Grounds	43000
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Edward W. Saunders

The Gillette-Tyrrell Building is a building in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was begun in 1929 by two Tulsa oilmen, J. M. Gillette ^[a] and H. C. Tyrrell. They initially planned to construct a three-story office building at 432 S. Boulder Avenue, topped by a ten-story hotel, but these plans were canceled during the Great Depression and they stopped construction at the third floor. In 1931, they sold it to the Knights of Pythias, who decided to complete it as an office building and renamed it the Pythian Building.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on January 21, 1982 (NRIS #82003703). The application lists its architecture as a mix of the Art Deco styles: Modern and Zig Zag.^[1] It is also listed as a contributing property on the NRHP Application for the Oil Capital Historic District (NRIS #10001013).

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