The Bank of Hominy, at W. Main St. and S. Price Ave. in Hominy, Oklahoma, is a building constructed in 1906, two years after the Oklahoma

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of 1904. It is one of four small bank buildings built in

Richardsonian Romanesque Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revival style incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanesque ...

style in

Osage County, Oklahoma Osage County is the largest county by area in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Created in 1907 when Oklahoma was admitted as a state, the county is named for and is home to the federally recognized Osage Nation. The county is coextensive with the Os ...

during 1904–1911. 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

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at and also from the Internet Archive a
available at Internet Archive
The others are Bank of Burbank,

Bank of Bigheart The Bank of Bigheart was a bank based in Barnsdall, Oklahoma and is also the name of its surviving historic commercial building, at 308 W. Main St. in Barnsdall. It is one of four small bank buildings built in Richardsonian Romanesque style in O ...

, and

Osage Bank of Fairfax 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 dur ...

. The building is constructed of native

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and has two stories. Its footprint is approximately by . It has a flat roof and a high parapet. A

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inscription on the facade between the first and second floors reads, "The Bank of Hominy." Except for the installation of two large display windows on the ground floor, architectural changes since construction have been minimal. PDF is just the two pages covering Bank of Hominy, which appear as pages 11-12 within the full "Richardsonian Romanesque Banks of Osage County Thematic Resources" document. Wit
accompanying four photos of Bank of Hominy
from 1983. The Bank of Hominy was the only bank in town until it ceased doing business in 1938, during the Great Depression. The building is historically significant because it is the oldest bank building in Hominy and one of the best examples of its architectural style applied to a commercial structure in Osage County, Oklahoma. When the bank closed, Clyde M. Frazier bought the building and turned the ground floor into an auto parts store, which it remained until at least 1984. Until 1984 the second floor had always been used only as office space for professionals. The structure was listed on the

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in 1984. In 2023, the front of the building was, per

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and Google satellite view, blocked off and under some renovation, with the appearance that at least window replacements were underway.

References

{{NRHP in Osage County, Oklahoma Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Buildings and structures in Osage County, Oklahoma Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Oklahoma Hominy, Oklahoma 1906 establishments in Oklahoma Territory 1938 disestablishments in Oklahoma National Register of Historic Places in Osage County, Oklahoma