The Bank of Kingston is a historic commercial building at 101 Public Square in

Kingston, Madison County, Arkansas Kingston is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in northeast Madison County, Arkansas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 97. Kingston was platted in 1853 by King Johns ...

. It is a single-story stone structure, built in 1911, notable for the use of pressed metal (provided by the noted Mesker Brothers of

St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the Greater St. Louis, ...

) on three sides. The most elaborate treatment is on the main facade, which has a richly-decorated frieze, cornice, and parapet above the relatively conventional storefront. The east and west sidewalls of the building have a pressed metal veneer shaped in imitation of stonework. The interior of the building, restored in the early 1980s, has also retained rich details. The building is the architecturally finest commercial building in the small community. The building was listed on the

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in 1982.

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Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Commercial buildings completed in 1924 National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Arkansas 1924 establishments in Arkansas {{MadisonCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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