Hi y'all! I was at my parents house this weekend and we were discussing all the buildings around the square. I remember a two story bank building covered with rock on the corner facing the courthouse. I think my dad said it was Flippin street but I don't remember. I'll try to explain it's location... Does anyone remember the old "Dime store"? Next to it was a drug store...Manhart's Drug? If you go up the hill along that street you pass the Mountain Echo office on your right and run into the Library and then you're at the top of the hill. Okay, now you know the other street that runs parrellel to this one up the hill? I'm talking about the block between those two streets facing the courthouse. If you were sitting on the courthouse steps, facing that block, this rock building would be on the left end of the block. My mom and dad say it used to be the "Fair/Fare store" back when they were kids. My mom said last time she was in there, it was a little antique store. She and the owner were talking about the vault that was in there. My mom had never known there was a vault in that building. My parents also say there was a post office in there or right next to it at one time. My dad says that the rock building was never a bank...never. I remember seeing a bank sign there when my cousins and I would eat our candy from the dime store sitting on the courthouse steps. I also remember them telling me that Burt Reynolds made a move and used that building for the bank robbery scene...so maybe that's where I got the bank idea from. In order for me to remember it, the "bank" sign would have had to been there after the 1963 or so. I don't ever remember it being a functioning bank...just seeing the sign. This is also the building that some church took over and it was called the Church on/of the Rock (s) or something like that. So...any help out there? As we were discussing this, I thought it would be a great idea to try to map out the town and it's changes every 5-10 years or so...maybe an idea for another book? :) Just a thought....Jeana