First National Bank Building

Built in 1907 (Romanesque Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

From the record

“The First National Bank Building in Stratford, Oklahoma, at 100 West Main, was built in 1907. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.”
Wikipedia article First National Bank Building (Stratford, Oklahoma), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Garvin County · listed in 2001 · category: Building · built in 1907, Romanesque Revival architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 100 West Main, Stratford, 74872
When was it listed? June 2001
Category. building
Census division. Stratford
When was it built? 1907
Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture, Queen Anne style
National Register reference number. 01000659 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

8 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of First National Bank Building between 2001 and 2020, burning about 338 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	4
Arson/incendiarism	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Fireworks	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
27 August 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Chickasaw Agency	DITCH
3 July 2003	Fireworks	1.0 acres	Chickasaw Agency	THACKERVIL
8 June 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Chickasaw Agency	ISABELLE SMITH
4 February 2008	Arson/incendiarism	237 acres	Chickasaw Agency	KNICK MYER
27 February 2004	Debris and open burning	80 acres	Chickasaw Agency	HOOTEN
24 February 2008	Debris and open burning	3.1 acres	Chickasaw Agency	WEST GARR
22 October 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Chickasaw Agency	LONGMAIR
11 January 2008	Arson/incendiarism	16 acres	Chickasaw Agency	DRY CREEK HATTER

Every fire recorded in Garvin County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of First National Bank Building: 16 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Volcanic Ash Prospect	Pumice	Prospect
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Garvin County

Storms near this property

60 of 96 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stratford, the town this property stands in, in 96 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 44 hail, 40 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 5 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	$50,000	Thunderstorm wind damage in and around the community of Stratford including power poles and power lines blown down and a barn damaged. Event time is estimated from radar observations.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	$50,000	A relayed image showing a small radio tower collapsed onto a gas station awning. Event time is estimated from radar observations.
May 1995	Tornado (F1)	Stratford	$50,000	no account filed
March 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	$30,000	The frame and other materials to a house under construction were destroyed. A RV was turned over onto its roof. A pickup truck was also damaged.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	$10,000	A social media image showing a few outer walls and doors blown off of a metal barn. Location is approximate and event time is estimated from radar observations.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	$10,000	Several barns destroyed and power poles down in the area. Time estimated.
December 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	$10,000	Emergency manager reports a trailer with the roof peeled back and barn damage.
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	$6,000	Power lines downed along highway 19. One nine inch tree limb blown down.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	$3,000	A telephone pole was downed and a tractor trailer was overturned. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	$2,000	Bleachers overturned by winds. Time estimated by radar.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	$2,000	Winds cause minor damage to trees and a barn. Time estimated by radar.
October 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	$2,000	Power poles reported down.
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	$2,000	Several large tree limbs were blown down.
April 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	$2,000	no account filed
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	$1,000	Roof blown off a barn.
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	$1,000	Minor damage was sustained to house siding.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	$250	A large tree was uprooted.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	$200	Trees were downed.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	$100	Two inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	$100	A large tree was snapped.
April 2026	Hail	Stratford	-	The location is approximate.
March 2025	Hail	Stratford	-	MPing report. Event time adjusted based on radar observations.
April 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	-	Byars (BYAR) Mesonet observation.
May 2025	Hail	Stratford	-	The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	-	Several trees were blown down. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations.
March 2024	Hail	Stratford	-	Relayed report.
April 2024	Hail	Stratford	-	MPing report.
February 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	-	Numerous oak trees were damaged, uprooted, and/or twisted.
June 2022	Flash Flood	Stratford	-	Heavy ponding on roads and ditches overflowing.
May 2020	Flood	Stratford	-	Minor street flooding reported. 7-8 inches on some streets.
May 2020	Hail	Stratford	-	Twitter pic, time estimate.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	-	Power lines downed.
May 2019	Flash Flood	Stratford	-	Flood waters flowing through city streets.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	-	Numerous tree limbs and small trees downed by wind.
October 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	-	Power out across town. Estimate of 60-70 mph winds and nickel size hail. Time estimated.
May 2017	Flash Flood	Stratford	-	Flooding continued with barricaded roads in and around Stratford.
May 2017	Flash Flood	Stratford	-	Water was coming up to apartment complexes.
October 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	-	Large tree limbs downed by wind.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	-	No damage reported.
May 2015	Tornado (EF0)	Stratford	-	The storm that produced the tornadoes north of Sulphur produced one more tornado in Garvin County just west of US-177 and about 2 to 3 miles north of the county line. No damage was reported.
April 2011	Tornado (EF0)	Stratford	-	Numerous storm chasers reported a tornado between Byars and Stratford. No damage was reported with this tornado.
April 2009	Tornado (EF1)	Stratford	-	A tornado touched down west of Stratford and just south of state highway 19. The tornado initially moved northeast destroying two outbuildings and damaging trees west of Stratford. After crossing state highway 19, the tornado turned to the north-northeast damaging home roofs, destroying a shed, and partially removing a roof from a barn. The most significant damage occurred on the south side of the road defining the Garvin-McClain County line where a home had a portion of its roof removed. The tornado then crossed into McClain County about one-half mile west of U.S. Highway 177.
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	-	To the east of the tornado path, an area of wind damage was observed along U.S. Highway 177 to the north of Stratford. A barn was heavily damaged, trees were damaged, including peach and apricot trees at a peach farm.
June 2007	Flash Flood	Stratford	-	The flooding was due to Spring Creek rising out of the banks. Spring Creek Bridge near Hyden Street was closed due to the high water.
April 2004	Hail	Stratford	-	Hail was reported on Highway 19.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	-	Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	-	Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	-	Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	-	Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	-	Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	-	Wind was measured by Oklahoma mesonet.
April 1998	Flash Flood	Stratford	-	After 3.8 inches of rain fell in Stratford, water as high as waist-deep was reported in parts of town.
May 1997	Tornado (F0)	Stratford	-	A brief tornado was reported by an Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer. No reported damage.
April 2025	Hail	Stratford	-	no account filed
April 2025	Hail	Stratford	-	no account filed
May 2022	Hail	Stratford	-	no account filed
May 2022	Hail	Stratford	-	no account filed
June 2022	Hail	Stratford	-	no account filed
June 2022	Hail	Stratford	-	no account filed
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Stratford	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garvin County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 01000659 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Garvin County	All 12 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.