Out with the old, in with the new Old bank building demolished, new open for buisness

January 7, 2015 at 5:00 a.m.

by Randy Moll

Photo by Randy Moll The 1966 Bratt-Wasson Bank building, most recently the Gentry branch of Arvest Bank, was demolished by Wreckit.com of Tulsa, Okla., on Dec. 22. Within minutes the building was turned into a heap of debris. The company has since hauled off the debris and recycled what could be saved. Wally Bloomfield operated the equipment to bring down the old building. The area will be a parking lot for the new bank.
Photo by Randy Moll The 1966 Bratt-Wasson Bank building, most recently the Gentry branch of Arvest Bank, was demolished by Wreckit.com of Tulsa, Okla., on Dec. 22. Within minutes the building was turned into a heap of debris. The company has since hauled off the debris and recycled what could be saved. Wally Bloomfield operated the equipment to bring down the old building. The area will be a parking lot for the new bank.

GENTRY -- The new home for the Gentry branch of Arvest Bank is open, and the old was razed.

The old Bratt-Wasson Bank building, built on Gentry's Main Street in 1966, was demolished the morning of Dec. 22 to make way for a parking area for the new Arvest Bank facility just finished this month. The demolition work was being done by Wally Bloomfield of wreckit.com in Tulsa, Okla.

Within minutes, the building was pretty much reduced to a heap of rubble. The demolition company hauled off the debris, recycling many of the materials in the old building.

A video of part of the demolition work can be viewed at: http://youtu.be/EVU_9fEQfkQ.

General News on 01/07/2015