Another mid-century landmark, the former Founders Bank, is being destroyed this week as new development continues to encroach on 1960s architecture that once dominated the skyline along Northwest Expressway and May Avenue.

The football-shaped Founders National Bank building at 5613 N. May, built in 1964, is anchored by two 50-foot exterior arches. It was last home to Bank of America.

Fears have grown about the fate of the structure since Bank of America moved out in 2017 and was listed for sale that October. The structure sits on a block with a large amount of undeveloped property and surface parking.

Preservation Oklahoma placed the bank on its endangered places list earlier this year. The committee that assembled the list noted the former Founders Bank is one of Oklahoma City's best examples of mid-century modern architecture, and it's the only known local design of the architect and former Bruce Goff student, Bob Bowlby. The building's arches, a landmark on North May Avenue and Northwest Expressway, removed the need for any interior walls inside the bank.