"The Bank", Center Point

This rock building on San Antonio Street was constructed for the First National Bank of Center Point, which opened for business on the first floor of this building in March 1902. The Rising Star Masonic Lodge 429 rented the upper floor.  H. M. Burney was the bank president.
In 1904 another bank, the Guadalupe Valley Trust Company, later Guadalupe Valley Bank, organized in Center Point. In 1908 the Guadalupe Valley Bank took over the operations of the First National Bank.   There may have been some relationship between the First National and the Guadalupe Valley banks from the very beginning since they had overlapping officers.
In 1935, during the Depression, the Guadalupe Valley Bank underwent voluntary liquidation.
After the liquidation, the building was purchased on June 7, 1938, by the Rising Star Masonic Lodge 429.  The lower floor of the building then served as the post office for many years.