Treloar Mercantile and Farmer's Bank of Treloar Historic District - Treloar, Missouri
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YoSam.
N 38° 38.633 W 091° 11.318
15S E 657637 N 4278815
This historic store was built for the arrival of the KATY Railroad in 1896. The Treloar Mercantile is a prime example of what conservation and preservation along the Katy Trail can accomplish.
Waymark Code: WM193VT
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2023
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County of district: Warren County
Location of district: MO-94 & MO-N, Katy Trail SP, Treloar
Architects: H. Homann; Gus Theerman
"The Treloar Mercantile and Farmer’s Bank of Treloar Historic District is located at the corner of MKT and Texas Streets in Treloar, Warren County, Missouri, at 2 MKT Street. The district is representative of what was once a larger commercial area that developed along MKT Street as a result of the 1891 creation of Treloar as a depot stop along a rail line installed by the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad in the early 1890s. Known as the “M.K. & T.” or “Katy,” the line ran along the north side of the Missouri River and linked New Franklin in western Missouri with the eastern terminus of Machens northwest of St. Louis, Missouri. The district consists of less than one acre (.363 acre) and includes the two-story brick Treloar Mercantile (c.1896
contributing building), the one-story brick Farmer’s Bank of Treloar (1904 contributing building), and the Missouri Field Corn wood carving (2018 non-contributing object). The bank meets with the Mercantile’s east wall, and the two buildings share a stoop and one-story overhang. The facades are south-facing, looking to the former railbed and the site where the town’s depot once stood. The buildings are separate constructions with no interior connections either historically or at present, but the buildings are on the same parcel and today share the same address." ~ NRHP Nomination Form