Montezuma Valley National Bank and Store Building

Montezuma Valley National Bank and Store Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	2-8 Main St., Cortez, Colorado
Coordinates	37°20′55″N108°35′06″W / 37.34861°N 108.58500°W / 37.34861; -108.58500 (Montezuma Valley National Bank and Store Building)
Area	less than one acre
Built	1909
Built by	Baxtrom, Peter; et al.
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	08001317 [1]
Added to NRHP	January 15, 2009

The Montezuma Valley National Bank and Store Building, at 2-8 Main St. in Cortez, Colorado, was built in 1909. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

It was built by the Durango firm Stroehle & Lemmon, with stonework by local stonemason Peter Baxtrom and his son A.H. (Harry) Baxtrom. ^[2]

Part or all of it has been known also as the Citizens State Bank, the Basin Industrial Bank, the Kermode Bakery and as Moffit Drug. ^[2]

The listing included two contributing buildings. ^[1]

For over four decades, from 1915 to 1957, this building housed the town's only bank. ^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Jeffrey Pope (August 27, 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Montezuma Valley National Bank and Store Building / Citizens State Bank / Basin Industrial Bank / Kermode Bakery / Moffit Drug / 5MT.19093". National Park Service . Retrieved January 18, 2019.
3. "Montezuma Valley National Bank and Store | History Colorado". www.historycolorado.org. Retrieved October 4, 2024.