First National Bank - Stephenville Downtown Historic District - Stephenville, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 32° 13.184 W 098° 12.154
14S E 575143 N 3565070
This two-story building, prominently located on the corner of E. College St. and S. Belknap Ave., was constructed by the city’s first sustained bank in 1889.
Waymark Code: WMYP68
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2018
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NRHP Nomination Form
J. Riely Gordon, who later designed the Erath County Courthouse, designed this building in a Romanesque Revival style with a distinctive corner entry. Romanesque features include its rough stone exterior walls, rough stone arched entry, arched storefront along S. Belknap Ave. filled with windows and cast-iron pilasters, and finials at the roof. In 1897, a fire damaged this building, and when the bank repaired it, they added a Neoclassical corner entrance portico with a Queen Anne-style turret above it. The portico features two pairs of blue marble columns supporting an entablature that bears the inscription “First National Bank” and a pediment above. In 1921, Farmers National Bank of Stephenville absorbed First National Bank.