J. Coody Johnson Building

A small two-storey brick building at 124 North Wewoka Street, easy to miss if you don't know its history. It was the law office of J. Coody Johnson, a Black Seminole attorney active in the early twentieth century who lobbied Washington over Freedmen land rights when allotment was breaking up tribal territory.

The building is privately owned and not regularly open, but the brickwork and original storefront window are intact and worth a look from the pavement. A historical plaque sketches Johnson's life. It's a useful counterpoint to the Seminole Nation Museum a few blocks south.

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A story
Coody Johnson was a Black Seminole — son of a Seminole Freedman — who became one of the most prominent lawyers in Indian Territory. He represented Black Seminole interests in the federal allotment hearings and built this office for his practice. The building was added to the National Register in 2019.