Farmers Bank

Metamora, Franklin County, Indiana

Subject:                           Farmers Bank

Erected by:                    Indiana Division of Tourism and the

Metamora Shop Keepers

Located:                         Main Street North of Canal, Metamora,

Indiana (#112 on Metamora Map)

Text and History:         William Gordon chartered as a private the Farmers

Bank in 1910 operating out of Gordon Hall.  Henry

Lennard was a partner and cashier.  In 1923, this free

standing building was built to house the Farmers

Bank.  The original safe still stands inside.  This bank

was robbed in 1930 and 1922.  The bank failed in

the depression and was liquidated in 1942..