Marker Inscription
Built of native stone for settlers then keeping money in merchants' safes or riding 60 robber-infested miles to do banking. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1964.
Historical Marker
Bank of Menard
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About this site
Bank of Menard is a historical marker in Menard, Menard County, dedicated in 1964. It is one of 16 historical markers documented in Menard County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 31 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.9171, -99.7837 near Menard. The nearest cataloged historic site is Sacred Heart Catholic Church (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Menard County Courthouse, Ditch, and Fort McKavett, C.S.A..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5327000297. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Bank of Menard was built in 1903 of native limestone to give area settlers a safe place for their money, which they had previously kept in merchants' safes or carried on long, robber-prone rides to distant banks. The handsome two-story building features a chamfered corner entrance, rock-faced stone and a pressed-metal cornice, and it stands at San Saba Avenue in downtown Menard as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
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