This bank building was built by the Bank of the Stae of Missouri which established itself on this corner in July, 1859. The stockholders who organized the bank were: Joseph Robidoux, R. W. Donnell, John Patee, Judge Solomon, Col. D. M. McDonald, C. B. France, Major J. M. Bassett, John C. Thornton, Armstrong Beattie, John Corby, P. L. McLaughlin, Maj. Frederick W. Smith, Israel Landis, Simeon Kemper, Jules C. Robidoux, M. Jeff Thompson, Henry Nunning, Dr. Silas McDonald, A. P. Goff, John E. Barrow, Joseph C. Hull and others. The Supreme Court of Missouri held its sessions on the second floor in the late 1860s.
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