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Arkansas Mid-Century Modern Banks

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Southern Bancorp
Arkadelphia, AR
This Southern Bancorp branch originally housed an Elk Horn Bank & Trust Co. branch. It was built in 1955. The Elk Horn Bank letters were removed from the building. The clock was either added or a replacement. [map]

Farmers Bank and Trust Company
Blytheville, AR
This Farmers Bank and Trust Company branch was built around 1969. [map]

First Federal Savings & Loan
Fort Smith, AR
The First Federal Savings & Loan building was designed by Bob Laser and built in 1961. For more, see this website. [map]

former First National Bank
Hot Springs, AR
The First National Bank was designed by Ed Durell Stone and built in 1969. [map]

former motor bank
Magnolia, AR
This former motor bank appears to be from the 1950s or 1960s. Does anyone know more about this building? [map]

Mena Water Department
Mena, AR
The Mena Water Department building originally housed a savings and loan bank. Does anyone know what the name was? This building appears to be from the 1960s. [map]

former First State Bank
Morrilton, AR
This former First State Bank drive-thru branch was designed by Weaver & Hiegel and built in 1967. The building now houses the Whitehouse Salon. [map]

Pine Bluff:
Simmons Bank

former Pulaski Federal Savings & Loan
North Little Rock, AR
This Pulaski Federal Savings & Loan branch was designed by Noland Blass Jr. and built in 1963. The doors have coins embedded in the glass. [map]

Bancorp South
Texarkana, AR
This Bancorp South branch was designed by Ann Bintliff and built in 1961. It was originally a First Federal Savings & Loan Association branch. The photos above are from 2008 and 2010. The building was vacant from around 2011 until 2015 when it became the Omega Professional Building. [map]

First Commercial Bank
Texarkana, AR
This First Commercial Bank branch was designed by Ginocchio Cromwell Carter Dees & Neyland. [map]

First National Bank of Lawrence County
Walnut Ridge, AR
This First National Bank of Lawrence County branch was probably built in the 1950s or 1960s. The drive-thru ATM structure behind the bank mimics the larger building. [map]

Southern Bancorp
West Helena, AR
This Southern Bancorp branch is known as the "Round Branch." It appears to be from the 1960s or 1970s. [map]

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