Madisonville Bank

Madisonville Bank
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	400 Cedar St., Madisonville, Louisiana
Coordinates	30°24′28″N90°09′33″W / 30.40784°N 90.15920°W / 30.40784; -90.15920
Area	less than one acre
Built	c.1900,1919
NRHP reference No.	00001145 [1]
Added to NRHP	December 28, 1983

The Madisonville Bank, in Madisonville, Louisiana, was built around 1900 and renovated extensively in 1919. ^[2]

It is located on the corner of Cedar Street and E. St. John Street, a corner also swept by Covington/Louisiana Highway 21/Louisiana Highway 1077. It was built as a two-story gable-front building with simple storefront and a corner entrance. It gained a detailed classical wraparound storefront on two sides in 1919. This includes square pilasters with Corinthian capitals defining three bays on the front and three on the side. ^[2]

It is questionable whether a brick dado (lower wall) on its front dates from the 1919 renovation; it seems incompatible. ^[2]

Its interior includes its original pressed tin ceiling and original bank vault. ^[2]

It is one of two architecturally significant buildings from the 1890-1920 era surviving in Madisonville; the other is a large Queen Anne house. ^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. ^[1]

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References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. National Register staff, Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation (July 1933). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Madisonville Bank". National Park Service . Retrieved March 22, 2019. With accompanying six photos from 1983