L, M Places                                                  McKinney Area Places

First National Bank of McKinney

 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING


ENTREPRENEUR FRANCIS EMERSON (1815-

1905) FOUNDED A MCKINNEY BANKING

FIRM IN 1869, WHICH DEVELOPED INTO

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN 1882.

FIRST NATIONAL BOUGHT THIS SITE IN

1912 AND BUILT THIS CLASSICAL REVIVAL

STYLE BUILDING. GLAZED BRICKS AND

MASSIVE COLUMNS SUPPORT CLASSICAL

DETAILS OF CAST STONE AND A GILDED

EAGLE. COLLIN COUNTY NATIONAL BANK,

FOUNDED IN 1883, OCCUPIED THE BUILD-

ING FROM 1935 TO 1958. FIRST SAVINGS

AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OFFICES HERE

FROM 1958 TO 1973.
Texas Historical marker, 1986.