Historical Marker
Buchel Bank
Historical marker location:
106 N. Esplanade, Cuero, Texas
( 106 North Esplanade, Cuero)
Marker installed: 1973
Otto Buchel (1849-1909) came to Cuero in 1872, the year of city's founding; operated a mercantile business in partnership with George Seeligson. Buchel had the only safe in town, and within a year began keeping citizens' valuables. With addition of other services, he established a private bank on this site in 1873.
Buchel's Bank survived panics, hurricanes, and drouths, giving impetus and stability to early growth of commerce in area.
Bank was incorporated in 1907 as Buchel National Bank and still serves this South Texas region as Buchel Bank and Trust Company.
The state of Texas was once an independent country known as the Republic of Texas. It gained independence from Mexico in 1836 and was a separate nation until it was annexed by the United States in 1845.