Gold Dome, Oklahoma City, OK
Gold Dome, corner of NW 23rd Street and North Classen Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Gold Dome is a landmark on Route 66. It was built in 1958 and was declared eligible to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. In 1958, the Citizens State Bank began construction of the Gold Dome building, the fifth geodesic dome constructed in the world and the first to be used as a bank. Using the geodesic dome design created by futurist and architect Buckminster Fuller, the architects for the Citizens State Bank, Bailey, Bozalis, Dickinson, and Roloff of Oklahoma City, created this unusual landmark. The dome is constructed of 625 panels, ranging in size from 7.5 to 11.5 feet in length, and spanning a diameter of 145 feet. The interior covers about 27,000 square feet.
In July 2001 Bank One, which owned the Gold Dome building, applied to the Urban Design Commission for permission to demolish the building. The bank stated that the structure was too large to serve as a bank and refurbishing it would be too costly. While preservationists have been able to save the dome, after several ownership changes its fate is still up in the air. The building was vacant when I took this in 2021.
Gold Dome, Oklahoma City, OK
Gold Dome, corner of NW 23rd Street and North Classen Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Gold Dome is a landmark on Route 66. It was built in 1958 and was declared eligible to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. In 1958, the Citizens State Bank began construction of the Gold Dome building, the fifth geodesic dome constructed in the world and the first to be used as a bank. Using the geodesic dome design created by futurist and architect Buckminster Fuller, the architects for the Citizens State Bank, Bailey, Bozalis, Dickinson, and Roloff of Oklahoma City, created this unusual landmark. The dome is constructed of 625 panels, ranging in size from 7.5 to 11.5 feet in length, and spanning a diameter of 145 feet. The interior covers about 27,000 square feet.
In July 2001 Bank One, which owned the Gold Dome building, applied to the Urban Design Commission for permission to demolish the building. The bank stated that the structure was too large to serve as a bank and refurbishing it would be too costly. While preservationists have been able to save the dome, after several ownership changes its fate is still up in the air. The building was vacant when I took this in 2021.