"This masonry building was built at the same time as its neighbor at 122 E. South Main by Allert & Redmond. Constructed for Postmaster Adolph Wenmohs, it replaced Flatonia's first post office, which was a wood frame building. In addition to serving as the post office, the building also housed a druggist and a jeweler until it became First National Bank of Flatonia in 1890. As Flatonia's first incorporated bank, it played an important role in the town's development. When consolidated with Flatonia Bank in 1916 to become Flatonia State Bank, it continued to operate in this location until 1923. It then became H. Thulemeyer's jewelry store, at which time the storefront was updated with plate glass windows. By the late 1940s, half of the store was occupied by an optometrist who continued his practice there into the mid-1980s. When Thulemeyer's closed in about 1960, the other side continued as a gift shop until 1971. Since then it has housed a variety of tenants, including a café, and it currently operates as a restaurant."
[http://www.thc.texas.gov/public/upload/preserve/national_register/draft_nominations/Flatonia%20Historic %20District%20NR%20SBR.pdf]

This was the bank at an earlier time.

The First National Bank of Flatonia was chartered number 4179 in 1889 and printed currency until 1916.

There are three notes in the census: two 1882 Brown Backs and one 1902 Date Back. None is in the Philpott-Moody Collection.

The Date Back sold at a Heritage auction January, 2012, for $6,900.

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