The Gold Dome has been a landmark at NW 23 and Classen for more than a half century since it originally opened as home to Citizen's State Bank. The building has been empty for the past several years. [Photo by Dave Morris, The Oklahoman]

Work is set to resume on the Gold Dome this fall as developer Jonathan Russell attempts to reverse damage done by prior owners when they painted and sealed the geodesic dome.

Russell bought the dome, an Uptown landmark at NW 23 and Classen, three years ago after a prior plan to turn it into a headquarters for TEEMCO fell apart amid allegations and financial wrongdoing and the collapse of the company.

The work done by TEEMCO while the dome was still quietly owned by previous owner David Box was limited to repainting and sealing the roof.

“The dome had been, since we bought, relatively dry,” Russell said. “But then it started leaking severely. We knew something had changed. That caused us to start trying to figure out what had happened — it was concerning.”