Stein Grocery Will Move

The Stein Grocery Company has leased the building now occupied by the Lamar Allen Co. on the corner of Howard and Market streets and will move into its new quarters as soon as the building is vacated. The Stein Grocery Company has always been one of the largest and handsomest retail grocery stores in the State, and will be greatly enlarged and improved in its new location.

From The Commonwealth, April 9, 1904

The Stein Grocery Co. has moved into the storehouse on the northwest corner of Howard and Market streets. The building has been thoroughly renovated and repainted inside and is now one of the prettiest and largest exclusive grocery stores in Mississippi.

From The Greenwood Enterprise, July 1, 1904

Billhead from Stein Grocery Company, 1911.

WILSON BANKING CO. TO ERECT HOME

New Structure will Occupy Site of Stein Grocery Co.

The Wilson Banking Co. has purchased the building now occupied by the Stein Gro. Co. and will shortly let the contract for the erection of a handsome home for their rapidly growing banking institution. The structure will be two stories, modern in every way and will be one of the handsomest buildings in the city.

Standing at the intersection of two of the most prominent business streets and being in the heart of the business district, the new building will improve the appearance of the city in addition to having a most favorable location.

The Wilson Banking Co. has only been in business for a few months, but under the guiding hand of Mr. G. A. Wilson, Sr., ably assisted by Messrs G. A. Wilson, Jr., and Calhoun Wilson, it has grown and prospered as has no other institution of its kind in the history of Greenwood and is numbered among the strongest banking concepts in the south.

From the Greenwood Enterprise, May 13, 1913

WILSON BANK NOW ENLARGED

Addition To Building Makes Bank One Of The Most Commodious In City of Greenwood

Wilson Banking Company are today announcing the completion of the enlargement of their bank building and the installation of new fixtures and safety deposit boxes in the new vault, and are extending a general invitation to the public to call and inspect the new quarters and convenience.

The building, which was constructed in 1913 and occupied by the Wilson Banking Company since its organization, has been doubled in size by an addition built on the north, making the building one of the most beautiful in the city. The interior of the bank and the fixtures are of marble, and the lobby furnishes accommodation for the customers of the bank. G. A. Wilson is president of the organization; Calhoun Wilson is vice-president; G. A. Wilson, Jr. is vice-president and cashier; F. R. McGeoy, Jr. and William Yandell, Jr. are tellers; G. L. Wright and J. R. Fergeson, Jr. are bookkeepers, and J. P. McGeoy and Douglas Vance are clerks.

Frank R. McGeoy, architect, who designed the original building, also designed the addition and supervised its construction.

From The Greenwood Daily Commonwealth, July 1, 1925

Planter's Bank,circa 2007, formerly Wilson Banking Co., 1911.

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