Gainesville National Bank

In this block on October 21, 1882, prominent citizens and landowners J. M. Lindsay and C. C. Hemming founded Gainesville National Bank (GNB). Over the next decades, Gainesville evolved from a frontier town to a thriving community and a financial center for the cattle and cotton industries. In 1902, Judge Lindsay opened the Lindsay National Bank as a branch of GNB. As an immediate result of the federal banking crisis in 1933, First National Bank, Lindsay National Bank and GNB merged, going forward as Gainesville National Bank. An integral part of Cooke County's economic history, the financial institution made additional acquisitions over the years and has been known as Guaranty National Bank since 1990. (2001)

Gainesville National Bank is a historical marker in Gainesville, Cooke County, dedicated in 2001. It is one of 44 historical markers documented in Cooke County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 59 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.6238, -97.1445 near Gainesville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Barbed Wire in Cooke County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Cooke County Courthouse, Morton Museum of Cooke Co., and City Hall-Fire Station, Old.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5097012581. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.