First National Bank, Little Rock, IA (Charter 8119)

Real photo postcard of the original First National Bank building ca. 1908.

First National Bank, Little Rock, IA (Chartered 1906 - Receivership 1933)

Town History

Real photo postcard of the second First National Bank building ca. 1910.

Little Rock is located in Lyon County in northwest Iowa. In 1884 the B.C.R. & N Railroad was surveyed throughout here and the town of Little Rock was plotted. It consisted of nine square blocks. The first scheduled train came through on Dec 3, 1884.

During the National Bank Note Era, the population of Little Rock was 399 in 1900, rising slightly to 585 in 1930. Its highest population was 633 in 1940, and the current population is estimated at 438 (2018).

Little Rock had one National Bank chartered during the Bank Note Era, and it issued National Bank Notes.

Bank History

• Organized Jan 24, 1906
• Chartered Mar 3, 1906
• Opened for business Mar 5, 1906
• Conservatorship Mar 31, 1933
• Receivership Oct 31, 1933

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The First National Bank of Little Rock, IA

Bank Note Types Issued

1902 Plain Back $20 bank note with pen signatures of Wm. J. Lindaman, Cashier and Henry Block, Sr., President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, http://www.ha.com

1929 Type 1 $20 bank note with printed signatures of Wm. J. Lindaman, Cashier and Henry Block, Sr., President. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, http://www.ha.com

A total of $314,510 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1906 and 1933. This consisted of a total of 25,228 notes (21,724 large size and 3,504 small size notes).

This bank issued the following Types and Denominations of bank notes:

Series/Type	Sheet/Denoms	Serial#s
1902 Red Seal	3x10-20	1 - 900
1902 Date Back	3x10-20	1 - 1560
1902 Plain Back	3x10-20	1561 - 4531
1929 Type 1	6x10	1 - 452
1929 Type 1	6x20	1 - 132

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

First National Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1906 - 1933):

Presidents:

• Merritte Delmer Bilsborough, 1906-1911
• August G. F. Ross, 1912-1915
• Herman Soenke, 1916-1918
• Albertus William Christians, 1919-1928
• Henry Block, Sr., 1929-1933

Cashiers:

• Charles Colville Armour, 1906-1908
• Herman Soenke, 1910-1915
• Albertus William Christians, 1916-1918
• William Jerry Lindaman, 1919-1933

Other Bank Note Signers

• There are currently no known Vice President or Assistant Cashier bank note signers for this bank.

Wiki Links

• Iowa Bank Note History
• General information on Little Rock (Wikipedia)
• General information on Lyon County (Wikipedia)
• General information on Iowa (Wikipedia)

Sources

• Little Rock, IA, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rock,_Iowa
• Don C. Kelly, National Bank Notes, A Guide with Prices. 6th Edition (Oxford, OH: The Paper Money Institute, 2008).
• Dean Oakes and John Hickman, Standard Catalog of National Bank Notes. 2nd Edition (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1990).
• Banks & Bankers Historical Database (1782-1935), https://bbdata.banknotehistory.com
• City of Little Rock, IA, http://littlerockia.com/site/our-town/
• Warns, W. Owen, "National Bank Note Varieties, The FNB of Little Rock, Iowa," Paper Money No. 109, p. 21.