State Bank of Stratford

State Bank of Stratford
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	801 Shakespeare St. Stratford, Iowa
Coordinates	42°16′14″N 93°55′39″W / 42.27056°N 93.92750°WCoordinates: 42°16′14″N 93°55′39″W / 42.27056°N 93.92750°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1917-1918
Built by	John Neuzil
Architect	Byron J. Boyd Herbert Moore
Architectural style	Georgian Revival
NRHP Reference #	83000362[1]
Added to NRHP	July 7, 1983

The State Bank of Stratford is a historic building located in Stratford, Iowa, United States. The bank opened for business in 1891, eight years after the town was incorporated. Its early success reflected the prosperity in rural Iowa at the time.^[2] The bank occupied this corner since 1910, and this building was completed in 1918. The older building was relocated to the west, and it is still extant. It survived the agricultural economic downturn of the 1920s, but it could not survive the Great Depression. The bank building was purchased in 1936 by the Farmer's Savings Bank, which operated in this building until a new bank building was built across the street to the south. The Georgian Revival elements of the building include the pedimented entrance portico, elliptical arched windows, the brick quoining on the corners, and the dentilated cornice. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. James E. Jacobsen. "State Bank of Stratford" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-02-09.