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Built 1865 by C.Chaffee, a New Orleans promoter-cotton buyer. Served 1868-1883 as law office of S.A Wilson, member of 5-man commission to codify Texas law under Constitution of 1876; Later judge in State Court of Appeals. In this building, 1884-1892, leading East Texas attorney and Tyler banker F.W. Bonner had the first bank in Cherokee county, serving New Birmingham. Retained Bonner Building name through school and other occupancies. RTHL 1968
Bonner Bank Building, Old is a historical marker in Rusk, Cherokee County, dedicated in 1968. It is one of 112 historical markers documented in Cherokee County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 245 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.7959, -95.1364 near Rusk. The nearest cataloged historic site is James Stephen Hogg and Cherokee County (historical marker), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Gregg Family Home, Frazier, I. K., Home, and Perkins, James I. and Myrta Blake, House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5073006614. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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