Former Bank of Batesville, MS
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 34° 18.992 W 089° 57.203
16S E 228233 N 3801204
Now a restaurant, was the central bank in the old days
Waymark Code: WMQ56H
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 12/22/2015
Views: 1
County of buiklding: Panola County
Location of building: 124½ Public Square, Batesville
Built 1897 remodeled 1975
Number 195 on the Historic District listings, now a restaurant specializing in soul food and Southern cooking.
"The building is a one-story commercial row building. The storefront has been filled and a brick facade applied with a banding of formed concrete; a similar band forms the top cornice. A ribbon of fixed pane windows span the upper portion of the center section. Two commercial metal doors are on the west
side of the facade. A plaque stating "The Bank of Batesville" is on the right (west) side and the night depository box remains in a section on the east comer."
" The oldest bank in the town was the Bank of Batesville [# 195] and was founded in 1897. No banks operate on the square at the present time having moved out to the main highways with larger facilities." ~ NRHP Nomination Form