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Farmers and Citizens Bank

300 E Main

1908 Frank Tercinski has sold his business block at the northeast corner of Main and North Third streets [pre Farmers & Citizens Bank building; today Watertown Booksellers] to Gustav Buchheit, who purchased it for the Milwaukee-Waukesha Brewing Co., the consideration being $14,000. The front part of the building will be remodeled and fitted out at once as a saloon to be occupied by Wm. C. Radtke. The rear part of the block on Third Street occupied by Henry Fendt [Sr] as a saloon will still be occupied by him. July 10 WG

1956 The former Farmers and Citizens Bank building at Main and North Third Streets has been sold. The new owner is Simplified Records, Inc., headed by W. R. Ninabuck, 415 1/2 Main Street. Announcement of the sale was made by Mr. Ninabuck and L. J. Lange, president of the Bank of Watertown who headed a group of individuals here which purchased the building at the time the Farmers and Citizens Bank decided to liquidate and go out of business, with the Bank of Watertown taking over its services. Aug 21 WDT

1956 Vaults in the old Farmers and Citizens Bank building are being blasted out to make room for a new store which will occupy the main floor premises beginning sometime in February. The new business will be a boys' clothing shop and will be operated by John Casey of Madison who expects to move to the city sometime in January with his wife and family of four children. Mr. Casey has been working in the clothing business at Madison for ten years and four years at Lansing, Mich. The main floor quarters at North Third and Main Streets are expected to be ready for the business to open sometime in February, W.R. Ninabuck who heads the corporation that purchased the bank building when the bank went out of business and its assets were taken over by the Bank of Watertown, announced this morning. Nov 25 WDT