# Bauer Bank Block

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{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
  | name = Bauer Bank Block
  | nrhp_type = 
  | image = Bauer Bank Block - Mancos Colorado.jpg
  | caption = 
  | location= 107 W. Grand Ave., [Mancos, Colorado](/source/Mancos%2C_Colorado)
  | coordinates = {{coord|37|20|42|N|108|17|20|W|source:NRIS2013a|name=Bauer Bank Block|display=inline,title}}
  | locmapin = Colorado
  | built =1905
  | architect OR builder = 
  | architecture = Early Commercial
  | added = October 11, 2003
  | area = less than one acre
  | refnum = 03001009<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref>
}}
The '''Bauer Bank Block''', at 107 W. Grand Ave. in [Mancos, Colorado](/source/Mancos%2C_Colorado), was built in 1905.  It was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 2003.<ref name=nris/>

It was home of the '''Bauer Bank''', founded in 1886.<ref name=nrhpdoc/>

It is [Early Commercial](/source/Early_Commercial_architecture) in style and is {{convert|84x35|ft|m}} in plan.  It has also been known as '''Bauer Bank Building'''.<ref name=nrhpdoc/>

Its second floor was the first administrative headquarters for [Mesa Verde National Park](/source/Mesa_Verde_National_Park), during 1907 to 1911.<ref name=nrhpdoc/>

A portion of the building served as U.S. post office from 1927 to 1965.<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=03001009}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bauer Bank Block / Bauer Bank Building / 5MT8590 |publisher=[National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service)|author=Jill Seyfarth |date=May 15, 2003 |accessdate=January 9, 2019}} With {{NRHP url|id=03001009|photos=y|title=accompanying five photos from 2003}}</ref>

==References==
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{{commons category|Bauer Bank Block}}

{{National Register of Historic Places}}

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Montezuma County, Colorado
Category:Early Commercial architecture in the United States
Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1905
Category:1905 establishments in Colorado
Category:Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado

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