Farmers and Merchants State Bank | |
![]() Bank in 2013 | |
Location | 223 Dewey Ave., Eureka, Montana |
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Coordinates | 48°52′50″N115°03′08″W / 48.88056°N 115.05222°W Coordinates: 48°52′50″N115°03′08″W / 48.88056°N 115.05222°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1907-1908 |
Built by | Blake & Son |
Architectural style | Western Commercial |
NRHP reference No. | 95001062 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 31, 1995 |
The Farmers and Merchants State Bank is a bank building in Eureka, Montana. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places August 31, 1995. [1]
It was deemed "an excellent and well preserved example of Western Commercial styling, representative of many such small town banks which proliferated throughout Montana during the early 20th century." [2]
It was built with bricks manufactured two miles south of Eureka, from local clay. The building cost $12,000 and was built by Blake and Son of Kalispell, Montana. [2]
Heavy investment by the bank in agricultural irrigation, plus the closure of the Eureka Lumber Mill in 1923, led in the bank's failure in 1925. [2]
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