Citizens Bank Building (Stillwater, Oklahoma)
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Citizens Bank is one of the original buildings in the downtown area (the Santa Fe Depot; the Hoke Building, the
Selph Building The Selph Building is one of the first commercial buildings to be built in the downtown area of Stillwater, Oklahoma. Description and history The structure was built in 1913, and was originally designed to house a physician's office on its seco ...
, the Walker Building, the Courthouse) of Stillwater and only one of two buildings in the town with this early architectural style of the Nineteenth Century. It was constructed in 1894. Citizens Bank moved out in 1900, and a series of businesses have occupied the space to the present. These have included a harness and bridle shop (which later sold automobile tops), a barber shop with Stillwater's first beauty shop, a cafe, a justice of the peace who at various times ran a pawn shop, real estate office, insurance business, a feed store, bakery, clothing store and saloon. From 1936 to 1978 the building served as a shoe repair shop.


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Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Buildings and structures in Stillwater, Oklahoma Museums established in 1988 1988 establishments in the United States 1899 establishments in Oklahoma Territory National Register of Historic Places in Payne County, Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-NRHP-stub