Name/Title
First National Bank, 4th & Felix, Information FileEntry/Object ID
9999.BUS.38Scope and Content
First National Bank, 4th & Felix, Information File. File folder of various articles, news clippings and other documents related to First National Bank, 4th & Felix Streets, St. Joseph, Mo. The bank closed Oct. 11, 1985. In 2020, the building is occupied by Commerce Bank).
Includes:
--History, Report on the history banking in St. Joseph from 1960 with focus, beginning in 1905 on First National Bank. Includes list of Directors by year. Original handwritten on Jake Ford Stationery, four typed copies.
--1915, Jacob M. Ford & Frazier Ford, biso in book "History of Northwest Missouri, Vol, II., p. 748.-749. Jake is President of First National Bank.
--1920, Article, Frazier Ford bio in book "Men Who Make St. Joseph Worthwhile", 1920 . Includes photo.
--1952, News Article, "First National Bank of St. Joseph Plans the Celebration of Completing its $300,000 Remodeling and Enlargement Program.", Includes 4 news photos of bank interior. St. Joseph News-Press, Dec. 14, 1952.
--1952. News Photo, "Murals Add Striking Note to St. Joseph Lobby", Shows the Deward Holzag Pioneer Murals in the arches above the lobby in First National Bank which were cleaned, with insert photo of George Porter, bank President., This was cover of "Bank News", Dec. 15, 1952.
--1955--Letter, From John Killackey, Ag Rep for First National Bank to Thomas McCullough, President, First Stock Yards Bank, dated Sept. 13, 1955. Related to elections by farmers to the state's Extension Advisory Service.
--1970: Statement of Condition for First National, First Trust, and First Stockyards Banks, dated June 30, 1970.
--1984, Article, "The First National Bank, in book "History of Buchanan Co. Mo, Vol. 1, Mo. River Heritage Assoc., 1984. p. 500
--1988, News Article, "From a bank comes moments frozen in time, Recovered photos record construction, street life, of 1902", St. Joseph News-Press, Sept. 11, 1988. Includes news photos of the bank as it appeared in 1902 and 1988.
--1988 News Photo, "Stylish Bank", Shows teller cages in First National Bank, c. 1900. St. Joseph News-Press Sept. 18, 1988.
--2005, Postcards from Past, news photo & article about Holzag murals at First National Bank., St. Joseph News-Press, Sept. 19, 2005
--2007, Postcards from Past, news photo & article about lobby of First National Bank, St. Joseph News-Press, March 19, 2007.Lexicon
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