West Plains Bank Building is a historic

bank A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Because ...

building located at

West Plains West Plains is a city in, and the county seat of Howell County, Missouri, United States. The population was 12,184 at the 2020 census. History The history of West Plains can be traced back to 1832, when settler Josiah Howell (after whom Howell ...

Howell County, Missouri Howell County is in southern Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,750. The largest city and county seat is West Plains. The county was officially organized on March 2, 1851, and is named after Josiah Howell, a pioneer settler i ...

. It was built in 1883, and is a narrow two-story, three bay, brick commercial building with

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style design elements. It features a wide pressed metal cornice runs the width of the facade. It has two rear additions; one built about 1913 and the other about 1923. It is located next to the W. J. and Ed Smith Building. (includes 9 photographs from 2000-2001) It was listed on the

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in 2001. It is also located in the Courthouse Square Historic District, which was NRHP-listed in 2003.

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Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Missouri Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Italianate architecture in Missouri Commercial buildings completed in 1883 Buildings and structures in Howell County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Howell County, Missouri 1883 establishments in Missouri {{HowellCountyMO-NRHP-stub