Lee's Summit in Jackson County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Hall/Younger Home

Photographed by Stephanie Leary, March 18, 2025

1. Hall/Younger Home Marker

Inscription.

The Bank of Lee’s Summit began in 1868 as a private bank, founded by W. H. Colbern and Josiah Hargis. The name of the bank was the “Colbern & Hargis Bank.” By 1874, the bank was known as W. H. Colbern and Company owned by W. H. Colbern and A. H. Powell. In 1879, R. B. George and James Thornton became the owners. The new bank was R. B. George and Company. On February 20, 1884, the bank incorporated and became the Bank of Lee’s Summit, with R. B. George as President. Today Bank of Lee’s Summit is the oldest business in our Lee’s Summit community.

Hall/Younger Home
This site was the home of Nora Hall and her uncle, Thomas Coleman Younger. Built in 1876, the original house boasted large rooms, a splendid porch and an elegant dining room. Once owned by Allen Price, Station Master of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, the house eventually became the home of Belle Younger Hall and her daughter Nora. On September 20, 1889, it was the site of the funeral of Robert Ewing Younger, the youngest of the Younger brothers. In 1903, Cole Younger returned from prison and lived in the home until his death in 1916.

Erected by Lee's Summit Historic Preservation Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical date for this entry is February 20, 1884.

Location.

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38° 54.755′ N, 94° 22.783′ W. Marker is in Lee's Summit, Missouri, in Jackson County. It is on SW Market Street near SE Second Street, on the right when traveling north. The marker is located next to the back parking lot of Security Bank of Kansas City (formerly Bank of Lee's Summit). The bank itself is located on SW Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lees Summit MO 64063, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Kansas City.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: William B. Howard Station Park (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); All Veterans Memorial (about 600 feet away); R.H. Marquette Building (about 600 feet away); Cooper & Black / Poos Building (approx. 0.2 miles away); Harry S Truman (approx. ¼ mile away); Flanery-Frost Cemetery (approx. 4.3 miles away); The Battle of White Oak Creek (approx. 4.7 miles away); Where Wagons Rolled / Wieduwilt Swales (approx. 7½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lee's Summit.

Regarding Hall/Younger Home. The Bank of Lee's Summit merged with Security Bank of Kansas City around 2016.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 22, 2025, by Stephanie Leary of Lee's Summit, Missouri. This page has been viewed 262 times since then and 69 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on March 22, 2025, by Stephanie Leary of Lee's Summit, Missouri. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.

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