Farmers and Merchants Bank (Mountain View, Arkansas)

The Farmers and Merchants Bank is a historic commercial building on Main Street, facing the courthouse square, in Mountain View, Arkansas, United States. It is a two-story stone structure, with a flat roof obscured by a parapet. Built out of rusticated stone, it has vernacular Romanesque styling in its rounded window and door openings on the first floor, and its crenellations at the top of the parapet. It was built in 1910, during the city's first major period of stone construction, by Bill Laroe, who also built the Stone County Courthouse.[2]

Farmers and Merchants Bank
Farmers and Merchants Bank (Mountain View, Arkansas) is located in Arkansas
Farmers and Merchants Bank (Mountain View, Arkansas)
Location in Arkansas
Farmers and Merchants Bank (Mountain View, Arkansas) is located in the United States
Farmers and Merchants Bank (Mountain View, Arkansas)
Location in United States
LocationAR 66, Mountain View, Arkansas
Coordinates35°52′7″N 92°7′2″W / 35.86861°N 92.11722°W / 35.86861; -92.11722
Arealess than one acre
Built1910 (1910)
Built byBill Laroe
Architectural styleRomanesquee
MPSStone County MRA
NRHP reference No.85002228[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 17, 1985

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Farmers and Merchants Bank". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-07-21.