11 Most Endangered Historic Places
Gold Dome Bank
Year Listed: 2002
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The Gold Dome Bank in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Gold Dome Bank was on the 2002 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.
Credit: National Trust for Historic Preservation
Significance
Since 1956, Oklahoma City's Gold Dome Bank has been a shimmering vision of the future. One of the most recognizable sites in Oklahoma City, the 150-foot-diameter dome was an early example of the geodesic dome patented by the futurist Buckminster Fuller and with its complex web of hexagons, the structure was designed to usher in a new age of technology.
