First National Bank
Main Street & Poydras Street

Narrative

Founded in 1904 a few doors east on Main Street, the First National Bank of Lewisville served the community for nearly 40 years from its white-pillared 1917 building here at Main and Poydras. Following the bank’s closure in 1955, the building remains a landmark, reflecting the town’s early financial history.

First National Bank of Lewisville

Founded Feb. 20, 1904
First location was at spot occupied in 1955 by Sam Salmon Grocery
North side of Main Street two buildings east of Poydras
1904 - First National Bank founded, opens on Main Street east of Poydras
1909 - six men use dynamite to steal $6,500 from the bank safes
1917 - the bank moves to a new building on the northwest corner of Main and Poydras
1952 - longtime bank president Horace Milliken dies
1955 - the bank closes after an embezzlement scandal
1956 - the FDIC seizes bank assets and auctions off the building

Founding officers:

B.L. Spencer, president
W.D. Milliken, vice president
E.L. Berry, cashier
Spencer, Berry, Milliken, C.I. Thomas, J.M. Fox directors

Presidents - B.L. Spencer, M.H. Milliken, C.Y. Milliken

First National Bank of Lewisville opened in 1904 on the north side of Main Street two buildings east of Poydras. The bank moved into a new building on the northwest corner of Main and Poydras in 1917. Its two-story decorative white columns are prominent in many 1950s photos of downtown. It closed in February 1955 and its assets were auctioned by the FDIC in 1956. A new Lewisville National Bank opened in 1963 on northbound 35E south of Main.

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