Early Bank Building. A typical late 19th Century Texas commercial building, with cast iron front and pressed tin ornamentation. Erected for bank development in mercantile store of W.E. Mayes (1837-1915). To aid his customers, Mayes in 1880s took care of cash and credit; in 1891 sold this business to First National Bank of Crockett, which he and H.F. Moore were organizing. This structure, built 1893-94, was sold 1954 to Mary Aldrich, abstractor. #11096