A newspaper produced in a small building at this location called the Daily Oklahoma State Capital was first printed there in 1889; it burned to the ground in 1902. A new building was designed by Joseph Pierre Foucart, and completed in that year. The building was erected with the help of subscriptions in the amount of $50,000. By 1897 the newspaper/publishing company occupied the entire 3-story building, giving it a total of 10,000 square feet of floor space.