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956: 232: 864: 243:. During the Great Depression, oilman Charles Knox bought the building (and renamed it the Knox Building). Knox instituted a rent increase that was too steep for the Freemasons, who vacated to other premises. The building was then closed, causing a forty-year period of vacancy. Local legend claims that the building is haunted by an elevator repairman named George, who had fallen to his death in the elevator shaft. 1603: 875: 61: 1672: 259:. Under the leadership of Symphony director Doug Newell and the Enid Symphony Association, the fourth and fifth floors of the building were renovated in the 1990s at a cost of 3.2 million dollars. The renovations included the Enid Symphony Hall, a theatre hall with 1930s theatre seating, a lobby area with 753: 848: 784: 768: 758: 1637: 1667: 1084: 1657: 843: 789: 430: 810: 712: 743: 677: 642: 717: 622: 582: 407: 682: 672: 667: 647: 763: 597: 512: 911: 632: 627: 502: 722: 687: 592: 567: 707: 657: 637: 612: 602: 587: 577: 562: 542: 517: 507: 497: 727: 702: 607: 547: 527: 522: 492: 482: 662: 617: 557: 532: 487: 794: 692: 572: 537: 748: 697: 652: 552: 1647: 460: 445: 400: 476: 1207: 1088: 1007: 904: 1662: 1642: 878: 393: 1632: 1526: 1150: 1652: 1217: 1052: 997: 868: 330: 1387: 1222: 1032: 897: 361: 84: 1119: 1181: 440: 43: 955: 1351: 1140: 1017: 920: 416: 313: 212: 34: 1145: 263:
decor, Jane Champlin Art Gallery, and the Eleanor Hoehn Hornbaker Banquet Hall. In addition to being the home of Enid's orchestra, the
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National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination for Enid Downtown Historic District, #07001265
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The building was originally built in the 1920s as a meeting hall for several Garfield County
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also holds a yearly dinner theatre production at the Enid Symphony Center.
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In the 1990s, the building was renovated and turned into the
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Enid, Oklahoma
36°23′47″N 97°52′55″W / 36.39638°N 97.88184°W / 36.39638; -97.88184
Masons
Italian Renaissance Revival
Enid Downtown Historic District
ID07001265
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Enid, Oklahoma
National Register of Historic Places
Italian Renaissance Revival
Enid Downtown Historic District

Masonic lodges
Oklahoma
ancient Egyptian
Gaslight Theatre


National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination for Enid Downtown Historic District, #07001265
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