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Ambassador Hotel Tulsa
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States · Autograph Collection · Core Luxury
General Patrick Hurley opened this Mission and Spanish Colonial Revival tower in 1929 as Oklahoma's first apartment-hotel for oil executives waiting on unfinished mansions, then left for Washington as Herbert Hoover's Secretary of War and never slept in his own rooms. Architect Nelle E. Peters shaped the nine-story brick and terra-cotta landmark. Vacant after 1987, it returned in 1999 after Paul Coury's $5.5 million restoration, entered the National Register that November, and joined Autograph Collection in 2014.
- 55 rooms
- Opened 1929
- Neighborhood: Downtown
- Architect: Nelle E. Peters; Paul R. Williams
About Ambassador Hotel Tulsa
- The Chalkboard restaurant anchors the 55-room house under the Autograph agreement.
- Limestone quoins, polychrome terra cotta ornaments, and an acanthus-leaf belt still mark the brick exterior.
- The National Register listing of 17 November 1999 calls it the best remaining large multi-story Mission and Spanish Colonial Revival building designed for domestic use in downtown Tulsa.
History
The Ambassador Hotel Tulsa was built in 1929 and opened on April 6, 1929, as the first apartment-hotel in Oklahoma. It was developed by General Patrick Hurley, designed by architect Nelle E. Peters, and built by contractor Webb L. Elson in a Mission / Spanish Colonial Revival style, rising nine to ten stories with Italian terra cotta detailing.
The building later became senior housing and closed in 1987. Delbert Development Company had converted it to a commercial apartment hotel in 1960. Paul Coury acquired it in the late 1990s and completed a $5.5 million renovation, reopening it in 1999; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 17, 1999. The 55-room hotel joined Marriott's Autograph Collection in October 2014 and houses The Chalkboard restaurant.
The setting
1 mile from BOK Center. 2.3 miles from Philbrook Museum of Art.
Restaurants and bars
- The Chalkboard Kitchen + Bar Tulsa — Restaurant · American
Amenities
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
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