Dublin National Bank

Dublin's census counts show what the bank grew with. The Handbook of Texas gives 2,025 residents in 1890, the year after incorporation, and 2,370 in 1900. The count was 2,271 in 1930, 2,746 in 1950, 2,810 in 1970 and 3,190 in 1990. The Handbook lists oil and gas, clothing factories, peanut shelling and drying plants, feed mills, milk processing, and saddle and rope making among local industries, and says Dublin was one of the first Texas towns with streetcars. It also names the town as the home of a long-running Grand Army of the Republic reunion.

What the plaque says

Dublin National Bank In 1893, John G. Harris, a former railroad president, joined with three other businessmen to establish Dublin National Bank. The bank opened on the heels of the incorporation of the town of Dublin in 1889. Dublin experienced considerable growth in the late 19th century due to the cotton industry and the arrival of the railroad. Dublin National Bank acquired assets of the only remaining local bank in 1933. It continues to operate at its original location and has experienced several building expansions. For more than 100 years, the bank has played a vital role in the development of the Dublin area. It is the oldest continuously operating bank in Erath County. (2006)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Dublin Bottling Works — steps away
  The Erath County plant that bottled Dr Pepper with cane sugar from 1891 until a 2012 settlement ended its Dr Pepper license, and that still makes its own sodas the same way.

More markers nearby

• Dublin Dr Pepper Bottling Company — steps away
• Dublin Rodeo — steps away
• Early Commercial Building — steps away
• Hogan Blacksmith Shop — steps away