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  1. World's littlest skyscraper - Wikipedia

    • It stands 40 ft (12 m) tall, and its exterior dimensions are 18 ft (5.5 m) deep and 10 ft (3.0 m) wide. [2] Its interior dimensions are approximately 12 ft (3.7 m) by 9 ft (2.7 m), or approximately 108 sq ft (10.0 m 2). Steep, narrow, internal stairways leading to the upper floors occupy roughly 25% of the interior area. [3]

    Overview

    The Newby-McMahon Building, commonly referred to as the world's littlest skyscraper, is a historic four-story building located at 511 7th Street (on the corner of Seventh and La Salle streets) in downtown Wichita Falls, Texas. … See more

    Background

    A large petroleum reservoir was discovered just west of the city of Burkburnett, a small town in Wichita County in 1912. Burkburnett and its surrounding communities became boomtowns, experiencing explosive growth of their pop… See more

    Proposal and blueprints

    The original structure, referred to as the Newby Building, is a single-story brick building located near the railroad depot in downtown Wichita Falls, constructed in 1906 by Augustus Newby (1855–1909), a director of the … See more

     
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