Morris County State Bank - Council Grove KS
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PeterNoG
N 38° 39.673 W 096° 29.429
14S E 718351 N 4282170
The Converted Bank Building is on the northeast corner of West Main Street and Neosho Street in Council Grove, Kansas.
Waymark Code: WMKWB2
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 06/02/2014
Views: 3
The Morris County State Bank commissioned architect J. H. Leedy of Council Grove and contractor & builder Louis Peterson also of Council Grove for a new building which was started in Oct. 1886 and completed by April 28, 1887.
The 25-foot wide building has two stories with a basement and is a fine example of Western commercial architecture influenced by the High Victorian Italianate style. The total cost of the building and lot was only $15,000. In 1900, the bank secured a national charter and the name was changed to Council Grove National Bank.
The building served the Bank until a 1978 fire damaged it.
Current tenants include a law office and the Heart of the Flint Hills Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail Association.
Address:
130 West Main Street
Council Grove, Kansas
66846
Year: 1887
Website: [Web Link]
Current Use of Building: Law Office
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