Details for First National Bank
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5119006936
Data
| Marker Number | 6936 |
| Atlas Number | 5119006936 |
| Marker Title | First National Bank |
| Index Entry | First National Bank |
| Address | |
| City | Cooper |
| County | Delta |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 249759 |
| UTM Northing | 3696039 |
| Subject Codes | banks, bankers, banking topics |
| Marker Year | 1966 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | Main & B-24 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion & Plate |
| Marker Text | Oldest bank in Delta County. Founded 1889 as private firm operating in a grocery store. Chartered as a national bank 1891. Erected this building 1909. Guaranty State Bank merged with First National 1925. This bank has had continued growth. The founder, Wm. J. McDonald (1844 - 1926), at his death left a great fortune to establish an astronomical observatory of the first order - the McDonald Observatory, in West Texas. RTHL 1966 |