The Dr. J. W. Barnard Building and First National Bank of Joseph, at 12 - 14 Main St. in Joseph, Oregon, is a pair of historic adjacent buildings sharing a common interior wall. They were built by investment of physician Dr. J. W. Barnard, rancher Ludwig Knapper, and banker Frederick Scribner. Each building is in footprint.

The Dr. J. W. Barnard Building was built in 1908 by local contractor Frank Marr, with design by Chicago architects J.A. Flesch & Son.

Dr. J. W. Barnard Building and First National Bank of Joseph

The First National Bank Building was also built in 1908 by Frank Marr. It was used as a bank until the bank failed in 1925; it was then used as a post office.

Dr. J. W. Barnard Building and First National Bank of Joseph

The pair of buildings was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991; the listing included two contributing buildings.

Dr. J. W. Barnard Building and First National Bank of Joseph

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Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon

Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon

Romanesque Revival architecture in Oregon

Commercial buildings completed in 1908

Buildings and structures in Wallowa County, Oregon

Joseph, Oregon

National Register of Historic Places in Wallowa County, Oregon

1908 establishments in Oregon