Osage Bank of Fairfax
Osage Bank of Fairfax is located in Oklahoma
Osage Bank of Fairfax
Osage Bank of Fairfax is located in the United States
Osage Bank of Fairfax
Location250 N. Main St.,
Fairfax, Oklahoma
Coordinates36°34′24″N 96°42′15″W / 36.57328°N 96.70409°W / 36.57328; -96.70409
Built1904
Architectural styleRichardsonian Romanesque
MPSRichardsonian Romanesque Banks of Osage County TR
NRHP reference No.84000315[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 23, 1984

The Osage Bank of Fairfax was the first bank building built in Osage County. It was built in 1904, at the time of the Oklahoma oil boom. It is one of four small bank buildings built in Richardsonian Romanesque style in Osage County, Oklahoma during 1904–1911.[2] The others are Bank of Hominy, Bank of Burbank, and Bank of Bigheart.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

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It is located on the southeast corner of N. Main St. (which is Oklahoma State Highway 18) and E. Elm St. in Fairfax.

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ Ahmad, Claudia; Carney, George (December 1983). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Richardsonian Romanesque Banks of Osage County Thematic Resources. NARA. Retrieved February 15, 2023. 17 pages. Does not include associated photos. A partial version of seven pages omitting the continuation pages with specific information about each of the four banks, and also not including associated photos, is available from the National Park Service at https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/64000681_text and also from the Internet Archive at available at Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Ahmad, Claudia; Carney, George (December 1983). "Osage Bank of Fairfax" excerpt from National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Richardsonian Romanesque Banks of Osage County TR. National Park Service. Retrieved February 15, 2023. PDF is just the two pages covering Osage Bank of Fairfax, which appear as pages 13-14 within the full "Richardsonian Romanesque Banks of Osage County Thematic Resources" text document. With accompanying six photos of Osage Bank of Fairfax from 1983. The two text pages and the six photos plus captions are available in one combo PDF file at NARA.


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