Farmers and Merchants State Bank | |
 Bank in 2013 | |
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| Location | 223 Dewey Ave., Eureka, Montana |
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| Coordinates | 48°52′50″N 115°03′08″W / 48.88056°N 115.05222°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1907-1908 |
| Built by | Blake & Son |
| Architectural style | Western Commercial |
| NRHP reference No. | 95001062 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 31, 1995 |
The Farmers and Merchants State Bank is a bank building in Eureka, Montana. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places August 31, 1995. [1]
It was deemed "an excellent and well preserved example of Western Commercial styling, representative of many such small town banks which proliferated throughout Montana during the early 20th century." [2]
It was built with bricks manufactured two miles south of Eureka, from local clay. The building cost $12,000 and was built by Blake and Son of Kalispell, Montana. [2]
Heavy investment by the bank in agricultural irrigation, plus the closure of the Eureka Lumber Mill in 1923, led in the bank's failure in 1925. [2]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c Johanna Brown and Chere Jiusto (April 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Farmers and Merchants State Bank / Brown's Pottery". National Park Service. Retrieved August 8, 2017. With five photos from 1995.
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