FMB Legacy

08/31/2026

New crew. New phase. The piers are officially underway! fndpiers

08/31/2026

Today is the last day to audition for the Bonnie and Clyde reenactment 🎬

LAST CHANCE TO AUDITION 🎭

Want to:
- Get to experience a car race in a Model A
- Live out the chance to step in Faye Dunaway or Warren Beatty's shoes
- Be a 🌟 STAR🌟 in Pilot Point's premier festival?

Audition to be in the Bonnie & Clyde Days reenactment, in partnership with Starbright Center for the Arts and FMB Legacy! See full details 📲 https://www.starbrightmpa.com/events/auditions

08/30/2026

Pic of the Week!

Avery was up above the bank capturing the restoration from a perspective you don’t get to see every day!

08/28/2026

Fun Fact Friday!

Did you know this is the original bank teller window from when Farmers Merchants Bank was still an actual working bank?

Pretty cool to see a piece of the original bank still here today!

08/27/2026

Today’s Construction Update!

We wanted to give a closer look of the temporary wall.

This barrier helps seal and protect the inside of the building from the elements while the original bricks are cleaned and we prepare for the rebuild.

08/26/2026

Some of the best history comes from the people who lived it.

Bobbie Jezek took us back to when she was just five or six years old, remembering a visit to the dentist’s office that once operated upstairs in this historic building.

Stories like Bobbie’s reminds us that we’re preserving a place filled with generations of memories.

Do you remember visiting this building? We’d love to hear your story. 👇

08/25/2026

FMB Finds: A Brick With a Story

While carefully removing the historic brick from the bank, our team uncovered this brick stamped “FERRIS.” It was made by the Ferris Brick Company in Ferris, Texas — once known as the “Brick Capital of the Nation.”

Since the bank was originally built in 1896 and the Ferris Brick Company was formed in 1923, this little brick gives us a fascinating clue about a later repair or alteration to the building.

08/24/2026

Construction update - Building Protection!

The temporary wall is going up to help protect the inside of the building from the weather while restoration work continues.

08/24/2026

Picture of the Week!

Avery went to new heights to get the shot!

This week, we were given a completely different perspective on the restoration—and the view was worth it.

08/21/2026

Happy Fun Fact Friday!

The bricks above are 130 years old—and going right back where they belong.

The historic west wall is officially down, but its story isn’t being discarded.

Our crew is now cleaning the original bricks one by one, carefully removing the old mortar so as many as possible can be salvaged and reused when the west wall is rebuilt.

It’s a slow process, but this is what historic restoration looks like—preserve what you can, repair what you must, and put the history back into the building.