Farmers Bank Building (Leslie, Arkansas)

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Farmers Bank Building
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LocationJct. of Main and Walnut Sts., Leslie, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°49′44″N92°33′35″W / 35.82889°N 92.55972°W / 35.82889; -92.55972 Coordinates: 35°49′44″N92°33′35″W / 35.82889°N 92.55972°W / 35.82889; -92.55972
Arealess than one acre
Built1910 (1910)
Architectural styleRomanesque
Part of Leslie Commercial Historic District (ID100001257)
MPS Searcy County MPS
NRHP reference No. 93000753 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 18, 1993
Designated CPJuly 3, 2017

The Farmers Bank Building is a historic commercial building at Main and Walnut Streets in Leslie, Arkansas. It is a single-story brick structure, with its entrance angled at the street corner. The main facade is three bays wide (including the angled entrance), all with round arches trimmed in limestone. Built about 1910, this Romanesque Revival building house the Farmers Bank until it failed in the 1930s, and then the local post office for a time. [2]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Farmers Bank Building" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-07-14.