Gold Dome

1112 NW 23rd St., OKC, OK
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The Gold Dome building was built in 1958 for the Citizens State Bank. It was one of the first few buildings to use the geodesic dome design which was invented and patented by the famous architect Buckminster Fuller.

The architects for this building, Bozalis, Dickinson and Roloff, used 625 panels for the dome that spans 145 feet. Since 2000 the building has faced a bit of a challenge to avoid demolition. Since then ownership changes and rehabilitation and/or restoration plans seem to make that less of an issue.

In 2003 it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Vintage Advertising Highlights

CITIZENS STATE BANK
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Locate at 23rd and Classen - one of the busiest intersections in the city. This unusual and spectacular anodized aluminum Geodesic dome stands 72 feet high with a diameter of 150 feet. The columnless interior of the building is unusual , colorful and beautiful.

NOTE: Well it was certainly unusual and colorful when it was new and it still unusual today, but a bit less colorful.

Photo(s): 2011