5. Bank of Commerce Building

Civic leaders B.W. Reeves, T. H. Norris, J. H. Lewis, J. E. Culp and Albert Rowell organized the Bank of Commerce and the construction of this building.  In just two years of the oil boom prosperity from 1921 to 1923 the bank’s assets grew from $800,000 to nearly $3 million, and the directors voted to join the National Bank of Commerce charter.  The bank operated from this location until 1973, when it moved a few blocks north.  Six years later, the building’s current owners Richard and Vertis Mason restored the exterior to its 1920’s appearance as approved by the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program.