413-415 Court Street (Southern Bank of Fulton) - Downtown Fulton Historic District - Fulton, Missouri
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BruceS
N 38° 50.831 W 091° 56.887
15S E 591281 N 4300344
Commercial bank building in the Downtown Fulton Historic District.
Waymark Code: WM3RRT
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/12/2008
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"413-415 Court Street (Southern Bank of Fulton), c. 1905. This Neoclassical
revival, two story brick building has a tripartite facade. Slightly taller bays
with rounded and circular windows flank the center section over the entrances.
The center bay has rectangular 1/1 windows with limestone sills and lintels. A
metal cornice spans the upper facade. [C]
The Southern Bank of Fulton was established in 1871, and built this building
sometime between 1902 and 1910. The bank was "a model of its kind, equipped with
all the latest facilities for conducting a metropolitan banking business, with
burglar and fire proof vault and safes affording the utmost safety to its
patrons deposits." The vault and a large safe remain in the building.
In 1912 the bank had a capital stock of $50,000, with surplus and
undivided profits of $30.000 and deposits amounting to $275,000. The officers of
the bank were; J.S. Henderson, president; J.E. Maughs, cashier; W.F. Russell and
W.F. Henderson, Asst. Cashiers; the directors were J.S. Henderson, J.E. Maughs,
Irwin Maddox, J.W. Tucker, J. Sam Watson, T. A. Boulware and W.H. Dawson. The
bank was prosperous until the Depression."
~ District National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form