State Bank of Antler
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State Bank of Antler | |
 Building in 2008 | |
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| Location | Antler Sq., Antler, North Dakota |
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| Coordinates | 48°58′15″N 101°16′56″W / 48.97083°N 101.28222°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1905 |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000986[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 30, 1988 |
The State Bank of Antler, also known as the Antler Square Building, is a historic building in Antler, North Dakota, located in the center of the town's public square.
The bank was established in 1905 by David Newton Tallman, a former clerk for the Great Northern Railway who developed a number of towns along the railroad, including Antler. It closed amid financial difficulty in 1920 and Tallman sold his interest.[2][3] It reopened in 1924 as the Union Bank of Antler, which failed in 1931.[4][5] The building also served as a customs office, telephone office, post office and rooming house.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, at which time it was vacant.[1] Tallman established three other towns on the same plan: Maxbass, Sarles and McCumber. Antler is the only one where the original town square building still stands.[6]
A separate building that once housed the First National Bank was demolished in 2016, and a deregistration statement for the State Bank was mistakenly filed with the National Register.[7][8] The building was reinstated to the Register in 2019. Local residents have sought to restore it as a museum documenting the town's boom period in the early 20th century.[9]
