Originally an office tower developed by Charles Colcord, the building was renovated by Coury Hospitality and reopened as a luxury hotel in 2006.

[20] The building survived Oklahoma City's Urban Renewal efforts and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Sullivan was also the designer of the molds for the decorative terra cotta, which adorns the first, second, and twelfth floors of the Colcord Building.

The building was constructed of reinforced concrete after Colcord witnessed terrible devastation associated with the San Francisco earthquake and resulting fires in 1906.

Marble adorned the columns and walls of the main lobby, the original nickel and bronze letterbox and elevator doors shone, and an ornamental plaster ceiling crowned the space.