J. Coody Johnson Building Explained

J. Coody Johnson Building
Coordinates:35.1597°N -96.4911°W
Built:1916
Builder:Witherspoon & Woods
Added:August 5, 1985
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:85001744

The J. Coody Johnson Building, at 124 N. Wewoka St. in Wewoka, Oklahoma, was built in 1916. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

It was deemed significant for its association with J. Coody Johnson, a grandson of slaves to the Creek Nation who became a Howard University-educated lawyer and who represented the Creek Nation before the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 1916, he had this two-story building on Wewoka Street built to house his law office. It later held offices of theBlack Panther Oil Company, the first black-owned petroleum company in Oklahoma.

It is a two-story, NaNfeet, commercial building with a parapeted, sloped roof. It has brick finished walls, with brick laid in running bond on three sides and common bond on the rear.

The building was built by Witherspoon & Woods,[1] a builder active in Oklahoma at the time.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=85001744}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: J. Coody Johnson Building ]. National Park Service. Bryan C. Brown . George O. Carney . December 1984 . September 30, 2019. With
  2. Book: The American Contractor. 1920. F. W. Dodge Corporation.