Farmers and Merchants Bank Building (Eastover, South Carolina)

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Farmers and Merchants Bank Building
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LocationMain St., Eastover, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°52′39″N80°41′39″W / 33.87750°N 80.69417°W / 33.87750; -80.69417
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1910 (1910)
MPS Lower Richland County MRA
NRHP reference No. 86000541 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 27, 1986

Farmers and Merchants Bank Building, also known as the Old Eastover Post Office, is a historic multi-purpose commercial building located at Eastover, Richland County, South Carolina. It was built about 1910, and is a two-story, brick and cast-stone building with an angled corner entrance. [2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [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. unknown (n.d.). "Farmers and Merchants Bank Building" (PDF). South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission.
  3. "Farmers and Merchants Bank Building, Richland County (Main St., Eastover)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History.