Office Building (Bank of Commerce)

Office Building (Bank of Commerce)

Office Building (Bank of Commerce) Photograph by Karen Kingsley
Photo 2 of Office Building (Bank of Commerce)
1920, Charles L. Thompson. 200 N. Washington Ave.

With remarkable prescience, the bank directors commissioned this sophisticated classical design in 1920 when the institution only served a small timber and farming community. Following the oil boom, the bank was reorganized and received a federal charter. Despite its modest size, the two-story Flemish bond brick bank has an air of monumentality. The arched entrance is framed by paired Ionic pilasters that support a broken pediment. A wide entablature unifies the front and side elevations. The south-side elevation has single-story brick piers capped by cast-stone spheres marking the window bays. After the bank moved in 1973, the building was converted for office space; no original interior fittings remain.

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