The move brings to a close 54 years of continuous operation of the bank at the Main and Texas Avenue location. It also marks the second move of a bank from the square, the Citizens National Bank having moved from a Broadway and Texas location to its present building in 1950.
The bank will open for business in its new quarters in the Great Plains building Tuesday morning.
The First National Bank dates back to Aug. 5, 1901, when it was established as a private bank and known as the Bank of Lubbock. In April 1902, it was chartered as the First National Bank of Lubbock and since that time has operated under four other charters: Lubbock State Bank, Feb. 14, 1915 to April 14, 1925, First National Bank in Lubbock, April 14, 1925 to June 15, 1934, and since June 15, 1934 as the First National Bank at Lubbock.
New quarters of the bank in the Great Plains building consist of some of the finest banking facilities in the Southwest. It also will include an up-to-date motor bank with four drive-in windows.
The bank's quarters will occupy the basement and the first and second floors, comprising approximately 20,000 square feet of the 20-story insurance company building. The main money vault will be in the basement where the bank's safety deposit vault also will be located along with two commercial teller windows and storage for records and supplies.
