Farmers National Bank
68 W. Elm St., Hillsboro, TXComparable to the Classical Revival bank at the opposite end of the block, the Farmers National Bank building is an important landmark in Hillsboro and is one of its most architecturally significant structures. Although extensively remodeled about 1913, its early-20th-century architectural integrity remains intact. The Farmers National Bank, organized and chartered in 1887, was, until its purchase by the Colonial Trust Company in 1931, the oldest National bank in Hillsboro.
The Farmer's National relocated to its present site in 1898 after acquiring the assets of the Hill County National Bank. The original incorporators of the bank were largely farmers and stockmen, and throughout the late 19th and early 20th century, Farmers National Bank played an important role in the development of Hillsboro and Hill County. The bank was also active in the development of other lines of industry. Among the prominent persons associated with the bank in its early years were J.D. Warren, the first president, and T.S. Smith, an Attorney General of Texas.
Bibliography
Hillsboro Daily Mirror, January 12, 1967.
RTHL Files, Texas Historical Commission, Austin.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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