National Register Record for TISHOMINGO CITY HALL

Historic Name: TISHOMINGO CITY HALL
Current Name: BANK OF CHICKASAW NATION
Address: WEST MAIN STREET
City: TISHOMINGO            County: JOHNSTON
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE TISHOMINGO CITY HALL, ORIGINALLY BUILT TO BE THE BANK OF THE CHICKASAW NATION, IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF A RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE STYLE BANK. BUILT AROUND THE CANTED CORNER ENTRANCE, THE TWO-STORY BUILDING IS CLAD IN RUSTICATED GRANITE AND HAS AN ELABORATE BELL TOWER. THE BANK WAS IN OPERATION UNTIL STATEHOOD IN 1907. IN 1911, THE BUILDING WAS PURCHASED BY THE CITY OF TISHOMINGO AND THE TISHOMINGO MASONIC LODGE. IT HAS SINCE BECOME HOME TO THE JOHNSTON COUNTY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETYS MUSEUM. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER, 5/21/1975.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: COMMERCE/TRADE: FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
Current Function: RECREATION AND CULTURE: MUSEUM
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: POLITICS / GOVERNMENT
Architectural Style: RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE
Architect: SHANNON, J.A., ARCHITECT
Year Built: 1902            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: TISHOMINGO: A HISTORICAL GUIDE TO THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE CHICKASAW INDIAN NATION 1855 - 1907, TISHOMINGO'S DAUGHTERS STUDY CLUB, 1972; "TISHOMINGO CITY HALL", THE CAPITAL - DEMOCRAT, TISHOMINGO, 2/14/1974.
Date Prepared: 6/1974