First Auto Bank - Waynesboro, MS
Posted by: hoteltwo
N 31° 40.531 W 088° 38.740
16R E 344003 N 3505646
Marker located at the intersection of Azalea Drive (Mississippi Route 184) and Fagan Avenue and is unused today as a bank. You can still see the 2 drive up windows at this small bank.
Waymark Code: WMNB56
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 02/04/2015
Views: 5
Marker text:
In 1962, the First State Bank in Waynesboro became the first bank in Mississippi to open an auto bank offering drive-up window service. The idea originated with bank president and later chairman W.D. Mangum. Approved by the state bank comptroller Llewellyn Brown.
Date Installed:: 2004
Organization that placed the object:: The Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
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Related Website:: Not listed
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