Farmers and Merchants State Bank (Eureka, Montana)

Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Bank in 2013
Farmers and Merchants State Bank (Eureka, Montana) is located in Montana
Farmers and Merchants State Bank (Eureka, Montana)
Farmers and Merchants State Bank (Eureka, Montana) is located in the United States
Farmers and Merchants State Bank (Eureka, Montana)
Location223 Dewey Ave., Eureka, Montana
Coordinates48°52′50″N 115°03′08″W / 48.88056°N 115.05222°W / 48.88056; -115.05222
Arealess than one acre
Built1907-1908
Built byBlake & Son
Architectural styleWestern Commercial
NRHP reference No.95001062[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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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