First National Bank Building - Terrell, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 32° 44.191 W 096° 16.627
14S E 755154 N 3625358
The First National Bank, designed by Charles A. Gill of Dallas and built in 1906, is an exemplary Neo-Classical Revival commercial building featuring fine architectural detailing.
Waymark Code: WMV8C6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/13/2017
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Texas Historic Site Atlas
A contemporaneous newspaper article reported that the gray pressed brick came from St. Louis, the stone trim from Stamford, and the stone columns from Bedford, Indiana.
The main, or south, facade features a triangular pediment supported by four Ionic columns. The pediment is accentuated by a medallion, bold stone dentils, and egg-anddart molding. The words "First National Bank" appear in the architrave. The main entrance is centered in the facade.
The First National Bank was organized in 1888, moved into its new building in 1906, and merged into the American National Bank in 1930.
In 1948 the American Bank sold the building to J. Chester Stallings, a local Terrell businessman and investor. During the next ten years the building housed a barber shop, the school district's tax offices, and insurance and real estate offices
Building appears to be vacant at this time.