Tishomingo City Hall - Tishomingo, OK
N 34° 14.195 W 096° 40.870
14S E 713565 N 3790820
Later used as Tishomingo City Hall and now a museum, the old Bank of the Chickasaw Nation is at 413 W Main St, Tishomingo, OK, and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Waymark Code: WMYFY5
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/11/2018
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The National Register's Nomination Form provides an overview, although the bank building has since been repurposed as a museum, and city hall and the fire department have moved elsewhere in town. It later notes the bank building's past use by fraternal organizations like the Freemasons, Order of the Eastern Star, and the Odd Fellows:
"The Chickasaw Bank was built in 1902. Granite for its construction came from the Harris Granite Quarries, located on Pennington Creek northwest of town. The two-story building was designed, constructed, and finished under the direction of J, A. Shannon, an architect who was also superintendent of the quarries.
The unusual corner entranceway and ornate tower are noted in No. 8. A somewhat less elaborate arched entrance, serving the stairway leading to the second floor, is in roughly the center of the, 25 x 140-foot structure. Only significant exterior change in the building today, from early pictures and sketches, is a large metal eagle, wings outstretched, perched atop the column in front of the corner belfry tower. No one knows what happened to the eagle.
The second floor, extensively remodeled over the years, now contains a large lodge room, kitchen and dining areas, other facilities used by several of the town's organizations. City offices occupy the front of the ground floor, while the back part serves the department."
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The museum building houses the Johnston County Historical and Genealogical Society, a research library, a Victorian tea room, a conference center, and a gift shop. It is open, Tuesday through Saturday, and by appointment as well.
Street address:
413 W Main St
Tishomingo, OK USA
73460
County / Borough / Parish: Johnston
Year listed: 1975
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Politics/Government, Commerce, Social History
Periods of significance: 1900-1924
Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Government
Current function: Recreation And Culture
Privately owned?: no
Hours of operation: From: 9:30 AM To: 4:30 PM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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