The Farmers State Bank and Trust Company - Jacksonville, IL
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YoSam.
N 39° 44.061 W 090° 13.792
15S E 737388 N 4401943
Originally known as the Ayers Bank Building
Waymark Code: WMVGBB
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2017
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County of building: Morgan County
Location of building: 300 W. State St. & N. Sandy St., Jacksonville
Award presented by The City of Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission
Plaque Text:
In Recognition of
THE FARMERS STATE BANK
AND TRUST BUILDING
For
The appropiate and compatible design of the
1996 addition and for the continued preservation
of the original bank building
Presented by the
City of Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission
"The site of the Farmers State Bank and Trust Company Building, formerly known as the Ayers National Bank Building, has been associated with banking longer than any other site in the State of Illinois and possibly the entire old Northwest.
By 1832 David Ball Ayers, with the help of his Philadelphia connections was extending credit from this site to the residents of Morgan County. This building, which opened in 1913, housed the Ayers National Bank until the Bank's failure in 1932. The building was later purchased by the Farmers State Bank and Trust Company."
~ Morgan County Historical Society and The Illinois State Historical Society