Albion State Bank
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Albion State Bank | |
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| Location | Off U.S. 271 Albion, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates | 34°39′48″N 95°5′59″W / 34.66333°N 95.09972°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1910 |
| Architect | John T. Bailey |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002024[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 11, 1979 |
Albion State Bank was an historic structure in Albion, Oklahoma, located amidst the rugged and rural but verdant Kiamichi Mountains, in northeastern Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.
The bank was built in the period of optimism immediately following Oklahoma's statehood on November 16, 1907. Settlers considered the county to be an agricultural paradise, and logging was an important industry in the Albion region. The town's railroad station was an active transshipment point for timber, and the town's early population grew rapidly.
Albion's future commercial success seemed assured to the town's businessmen, one of whom, John T. Bailey—who also named the town—built Albion State Bank in 1910. Bailey built the bank on the northwest corner of the public square—no longer extant as a square; it has been bisected by U.S. Highway 271—at the corner of Pearl Street. Bailey's brother, Edgar Bailey, operated a dentist office in the rear two rooms.
Continued and enduring prosperity eluded Albion, however, and in approximately 1927 banker Bailey transferred the bank to Talihina, Oklahoma.
