Excelsior Springs Museum & Archives, Excelsior Springs, MO

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The Clay County State Bank
Clay County State Bank, exterior (now the Excelsior Springs Museum & Archives)		Clay County State Bank, interior

Chartered in 1894 101 E. Broadway, Excelsior Springs, Missouri Standing on what was originally the "Excelsior Hotel grounds" (Excelsior Springs first hotel), the bank was constructed of Bedford stone at the cost of $25,000 in 1894. It was known as one of the most artistic bank buildings in Missouri The building contains a painting on the south wall which is a copy of "The Gleaners" and one on the north wall known as "The Angelus." They are considered to be invaluable today. The bank building was sold for $1 to the city of Excelsior Springs by the Kemper family of Kansas City in 1968 with the stipulation that it be used as a museum. It is the home of the Excelsior Springs Museum & Archives. The Clay County State Bank building is listed on the Local Landmarks Register and the Clay County Historical Register.
Clay County State Bank; Banks; Safe Deposit Vaults; Savings Banks officers in 1917: T. E. Crawford; W. N. Pittman; W. S., Dr. Woods; Jasper Clevenger; E. L. Craven; E. H. Cravens; Hugh Wilhite
1905	W. H. Titus, President Hugh Wilhite, Assistant Cashier	Transtact a General Banking Business
1914	Hugh Wilhite, President Jasper Clevenger, Vice-President M. R. Humes, Cashier T. E. Crawford, Assistant Cashier E. L. Craven, Assistant Cashier	Capital and Surplus $100,000.00
1916	.	Resources over one half million; largest surplus and undivided profits in proportion to Capital of any Bank in State of Missouri
1917	Hugh Wilhite, President Wm. N. Pittman, Vice-President Taylor Elmer Crawford, Cashier E. Loyd Craven, Assistant Cashier Edwin Hugh Cravens, Assistant Cashier Samuel C. Sherwood, Bookkeeper W. S., Dr. Woods Jasper Clevenger
1925	.	Capital $10,000; Surplus $90,000; total assets over $1,100,000
1926	Fred K. Harris, President T. E. Crawford, Vice-President E. H. Cravens, Cashier S. C. Sherwood, Assistant Cashier R. K. Tindall, Assistant Cashier F. L. Kimber, Assistant Cashier Directors: Fred K. Harris, W. N. Pittman, T. E. Crawford, Jasper Clevenger, Dr. W. J. James	Capital $10,000; Surplus $90,000; total assets over $1,200,000.00
1930	W. T. Kemper, Jr., President T. E. Crawford, Vice-President E. H. Cravens, Cashier S. C. Sherwood, Assistant Cashier F. L. Kimber, Assistant Cashier T. C. Hockensmith, Assistant Cashier Edna Eastin, Assistant Cashier Directors: Hugh Wilhite, W. T. Kemper, Jr., Jasper Clevenger, W. J. James, T. E. Crawford	Capital $10,000; Surplus $90,000; total resources over $1,100,000
Phone #	146-505