National Register Record for CITIZENS BANK BUILDING

Historic Name: CITIZENS BANK BUILDING
Current Name: UNITED WAY OF PAYNE COUNTY
Address: 107 EAST 9TH STREET
City: STILLWATER            County: PAYNE
Section: 23           Township: 12N           Range: 2E          
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.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: COMMERCE/TRADE: FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
Current Function: SOCIAL: CIVIC
Area of Significance 1: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: ROMANESQUE
Architect: BUILDER: GEORGE BROCK
Year Built: 1894            Original Site: YES
Condition: FAIR
Restricted: None
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: JUNE 1980