Bank of Marshall Building

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Bank of Marshall Building
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LocationJct. of Main and Center Sts., SE corner, Marshall, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°54′33″N92°37′53″W / 35.90917°N 92.63139°W / 35.90917; -92.63139 Coordinates: 35°54′33″N92°37′53″W / 35.90917°N 92.63139°W / 35.90917; -92.63139
Arealess than one acre
Built1913 (1913)
Built byJasper Treece
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS Searcy County MPS
NRHP reference No. 93000974 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 4, 1993

The Bank of Marshall Building is a historic commercial building at the southeast corner of Main and Center Streets in downtown Marshall, Arkansas. It is a 1-1/2 story brick masonry structure, built in 1913-14 by Jasper Treece, a local builder, in a vernacular Colonial Revival style. Its front facade is three bays wide, with an arched window bay to the left of the central entrance, and a square window bay to the right. A narrow band of windows is set in the half story, highlighted by bands of stone acting as sills and lintels. The bank, established in 1914, and apparently failed during the Great Depression. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Bank of Marshall Building" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-07-03.