Commerce Bank of Warrenton - Home Branch - Warrenton, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 48.655 W 091° 08.868
15S E 660817 N 4297423
Home bank in downtown, and branch was out of (then) US-40
Waymark Code: WMV899
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 03/13/2017
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County of building: Warren County
Location of building: Main St. & S. East St., (downtown) Warrenton
The bank, established in 1939, was here in this building in the 50's, 60's and 70's.
This was the downtown location, and provided service to all the downtown businesses.
Out at the intersection of MO-47 & Main St., a former Wesleyan College dorm building, which had been converted into a senior citizens home, caught fire and burnt to the ground, Sunday Feb. 17, 1957. The were 72 deaths.
This site had been cleared and vacant for some time. The bank acquired it and built a new facility. Eventually, changing the bank name to The Missouri Bank and they are still there.
Dr. Brent acquired the building in 1980. He spent, local legend states, over $250,000 in remodeling the old bank building to a dental office. He still practices from this office.
The US-40 Branch out on Veterans Memorial Parkway is now a law office