First State Bank Building
Three Rivers, Live Oak County, Texas
Marker Inscription
First State Bank Building and office of C.R. Tips, founder of the City of Three Rivers, Texas, in 1914.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This building housed the First State Bank and the office of C. R. Tips, who founded the city of Three Rivers in 1914. As the town's early financial and business center, it anchored the young community during its founding years in the South Texas brush country. It stands as a tangible link to the man and the moment that put Three Rivers on the map.
Why it matters
Founder's banks like this were the institutional heart of the countless new towns platted across early-20th-century Texas, financing the settlement that grew up around them.
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Related people
- · C. R. Tips
Related events
- · Founding of Three Rivers (1914)
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