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Image Number	793
Contributor	Ernest Bennett
Title	Silver City, National Bank
Subject	Financial buildings; newspaper offices; saloons; post offices
Description	The photograph of this business block on the SW corner of Bullard and Broadway is marked Post Office, Silver City, N. M. The Sanborn maps show this corner lot has always been a bank. The Sanborn map for 1893 shows a post office did exist in the section of the building behind the bank where it fronted Texas Street, moving there around October 1, 1886. The Southwest Sentinel sign marks that newspaper's office. To the right, further up Broadway, are several small buildings, which over the years housed various businesses such as a photography shop and a saloon. All that is visible of the sign in the first of these buildings is “-er H-,” perhaps the beer hall that Charles Metzger opened at this location in August 1888.
Notes	This building was to have housed C. P. Crawford’s bank, and was under construction when Crawford’s bank failed in December 1883. The Silver City Bank occupied it from March 1884 until February 15, 1885, operated by Henry and Charles Lesinsky. The Silver City National Bank opened in this location in August 1886. The several small buildings seen on the right were razed in August 1895 and replaced by the new grocery store of Gillett and Son.
Publisher	Silver City Museum
Date Original	1888
Size	4.4 x 7.2 inches
Source	b/w
Relation	Harlan Collection
Date Digital	1/30/2006
Type	still image
Format	image/tif
Rights	copyright Silver City Museum
Digitization Specificiations	8 bit; 394 ppi; ScanMaker 9800XL