First National Center (Oklahoma City)

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First National Center
Looking southeast in 2023
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Apartments Hotel Retail Restaurants
Architectural style	Art Deco, Neoclassical
Location	120 N. Robinson Ave., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma United States
Coordinates	35°28′06″N 97°30′58″W / 35.46833°N 97.51611°W / 35.46833; -97.51611
Opening	1931
Cost	$5,000,000
Height
Roof	406 ft (124 m)
Technical details
Floor count	33
Floor area	497,371 square feet (46,200 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Weary & Alford Company
Main contractor	Manhattan Construction Company
First National Bank and Trust Company Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP reference No.	100002220[2]
Added to NRHP	March 15, 2018
References
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First National Center, formerly known as First National Bank Building, is a prominent mixed-use skyscraper in downtown Oklahoma City. The art deco tower is 406 feet (136 m) tall at the roof, and is 446 feet (150 m) at its spire and contains 33 floors.^[3] The building was constructed in 1931 at an original square footage of 451,000 square feet (41,900 m²) by the First National Bank and Trust Company of Oklahoma City. Additions in 1957 and 1972 brought the square footage to 998,000 square feet (92,700 m²) of office space before the 2022 restoration and remodeling reduced it to 497,371 square feet (46,207.3 m²).^[4]

First National Center is currently the third tallest building in Oklahoma City, after the Devon Tower and BancFirst Tower, respectively. The tower is the sixth tallest building in the state of Oklahoma. The tower has a notable architectural resemblance to the Empire State Building in New York City.

The First National Center is connected to adjacent buildings in the downtown area via the Oklahoma City Underground series of tunnels and elevated walkways.