Ayers Bank Building


Ayers Bank Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	200 W. State St., Jacksonville, Illinois
Coordinates	39°44′4″N 90°13′49″W / 39.73444°N 90.23028°W / 39.73444; -90.23028Coordinates: 39°44′4″N 90°13′49″W / 39.73444°N 90.23028°W / 39.73444; -90.23028
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1911 (1911)-13
NRHP Reference #	86003178^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 20, 1986

The Ayers Bank Building is a historic bank building located at 200 West State Street in Jacksonville, Illinois. The bank building was built in 1911-13 for the Ayers family's bank, which had operated at the site since David Ayers opened a bank there 1832. The bank is the oldest in Illinois that has never moved from its original site. David Ayers was the most prominent banker in early Jacksonville, and his family's bank remained the largest in Jacksonville through the 1930s. The 1913 building reflects this dominance, as at eight stories it is the tallest building in downtown Jacksonville. Architect Jarvis Hunt of Chicago designed the building in the Renaissance Revival style; the design features a brick and cut stone exterior with a terra cotta egg-and-dart cornice. The bank still operates out of the building, though it is now called the Farmers State Bank.^[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 1986.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Cox, Harold; Davis, James E. (May 21, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Ayers Bank Building" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved March 8, 2015.

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