Farmers and Merchants State Bank (Eureka, Montana)

Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Bank in 2013
Location 223 Dewey Ave., Eureka, Montana
Coordinates 48°52′50″N 115°03′08″W / 48.88056°N 115.05222°W / 48.88056; -115.05222Coordinates: 48°52′50″N 115°03′08″W / 48.88056°N 115.05222°W / 48.88056; -115.05222
Area less than one acre
Built 1907-1908
Built by Blake & Son
Architectural style Western Commercial
NRHP reference # 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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 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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