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Howard National Bank

Historic building in Howard, Kansas, USA

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ123964897 ↗
Source-derived summary

Howard National Bank is a historic bank 1888 building in Howard, Kansas. The bank was organized in 1877 with George W. McKey as president. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is at 143-149 North Wabash.

Architect Charles W. Squires of Emporia, Kansas designed the rusticated stone castle-like Richardsonian Romanesque building.

In 1888 George W. McKey was president. In 1907 Noyce Barber served as its president. State senator Ralph Perkins also served as its president.

The Elk County Preservation Society is working to preserve it.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Howard National Bank” as historic building in Howard, Kansas, USA. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Howard, National and Bank.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1888, 1877, 1907—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Howard, National and Bank providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Howard National Bank”, the useful work is to connect “historic building in Howard, Kansas, USA” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q123964897. Authority coordinates are 37.470, -96.263. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1888, 1877 and 1907.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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This entry incorporates text from “Howard National Bank” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.