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The Bank of Bigheart is a historic commercial building in the town of Barnsdall, Oklahoma. The building was constructed in 1911 during the peak of the oil boom in Osage County, and after a tornado had destroyed much of the town in April of that year. Barnsdall was, at that time known as Bigheart. (The name was changed in 1921.) The first floor of the building originally contained the bank, which closed in the 1930s. It has since contained a variety of businesses including a drug store and tavern. It currently houses a restaurant. The second floor was originally used as professional offices and continued to do so at least through the 1980s. It is the oldest surviving commercial building in Barnsdall. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 23, 1984.
The building is an example of late Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. It is built of native sandstone. The lower level features large arched windows typical of Richardsonian Romanesque buildings. The upper story has smaller deeply set window with straight tops which arranged in ribbon-like fashion, while the roof line features crenelations, both of which are characteristic of Richardsonian Romanesque. 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 Osage Bank of Fairfax.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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