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| ID Number |
81000467 |
| Historic Name |
CITIZENS BANK BUILDING |
| Description of Significance |
THE CITIZENS BANK BUILDING'S HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE CENTERS UPON THE STRENGTH OF ITS DESIGN AND ITS COMMERCIAL HISTORY. STILLWATER PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN THE BIRTH OF OKLAHOMA AND THE BANK'S DESIGN REFLECTS THE ENTHUSIASM AND COMMITMENT OF THE TERRITORIAL PEOPLE OF THE STILLWATER AREA. CITIZENS BANK IS THE OLDEST EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN THE CITY AND ONLY ONE OF TWO BUILDINGS WHICH REFLECT THE ROBUST ROMANESQUE REVIVAL STYLES THAT CHARACTERIZE MANY PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. THE USE OF THIS STRUCTURE ALSO SUGGESTS THE BOOM OF FRONTIER COMMERCIALISM AS MORE THAN A DOZEN BUSINESSES OCCUPY THE SPACE FROM 1894-1936. LISTED 02/24/1981. |
| Current Name |
UNITED WAY OF PAYNE COUNTY |
| Address |
107 EAST 9TH STREET |
| City |
STILLWATER |
| County |
PAYNE |
| Lot |
6 |
| Block |
43 |
| Current Section |
23 |
| Township |
12N |
| Range |
2E |
| Type |
BUILDING |
| Historic Function |
COMMERCE/TRADE: FINANCIAL INSTITUTION |
| Current Function |
SOCIAL: CIVIC |
| Area Signficance 1 |
COMMERCE |
| Area Significance 2 |
ARCHITECTURE |
| Date Prepared |
JUNE 1980 |
| Year Built |
1894 |
| Original Site |
YES |
| Architect/Builder |
BUILDER: GEORGE BROCK |
| Architectural Style |
ROMANESQUE |
| Roof Material |
ASPHALT |
| Wall Material |
SANDSTONE |
| Window Material |
WOOD |
| Door Material |
WOOD |
| Decorative Details |
PLOYCHOMY AND MOULDED ELEMENTS - LIMESTONE SILLS, STEPS, IMPOST BLOCKS, KEYSTONES, AND STRINGCOURSE. RAISED ROSETTES AND LEAF FORMS IN THE FRIEZE, MOULDINGS AND A NAME PLATE IN THE CORNICE AND PINNACLE ON THE BRACKETS. |
| Condition |
FAIR |
| Comments |
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| Restricted |
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