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Photograph of Bank of American Fork
Photograph by Tricia Simpson, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Bank of American Fork

Built in 1911 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

From the record

“Bank of American Fork is a historic commercial building in downtown American Fork, Utah, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and once again serves as the headquarters of the bank (Altabank) which was formerly known as the Bank of American Fork.”

Wikipedia article Bank of American Fork (building), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 183 National Register listings published here for Utah County · listed in 1993 · category: Building · built in 1911, Neoclassical architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 1 East Main St., American Fork, 84003
  • When was it listed? March 1993
  • Category. building
  • Census division. American Fork-Pleasant Grove
  • When was it built? 1911
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 93000065 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Bank of American Fork between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,124 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 12 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined75
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism12
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Fireworks6
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBUCKWALTER
6 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSHIP FIRE
5 September 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMAHOGANY
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsILLEGAL BURN
29 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBUCKWALTER #2
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSOLO # 3
27 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCOWBOY
27 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsILLEGAL BURN

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 48 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Bank of American Fork: 22 producers, 20 past producers, 6 occurrences. 22 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Brick Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mahogany Mtn. ProspectCalciumOccurrenceReplacement
Wadley PitBrick ClayProducerSurface
Mcfarland DepositFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Wadley PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Ellis Clay PitClayPast ProducerSurface
Ellis Mcfarland and Smith PitsClayProducer
Ellis, Mcfarland & Smith PitsClayOccurrence
Mcfarland Clay PitClayPast ProducerSurface
Smith Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Wadley DepositClayProducer

Every working recorded in Utah County

Storms near this property

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names American Fork, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1998HailAmerican Fork$300,000no account filed
September 1997HailAmerican Fork$25,000no account filed
September 2013Tornado (EF0)American Fork$10,000A small tornado was spotted and recorded by a member of the public. The tornado removed a metal roof from a barn, and did minor damage to trees and other outbuildings in the area.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindAmerican Fork$1,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindAmerican Fork-The American Fork Marina mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 63 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindAmerican Fork-The American Fork Marina mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 58 mph as a result of outflow winds associated with a nearby cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving through the area.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindAmerican Fork-The sensor at American Fork Marina recorded a peak wind gust of 59 mph.
August 2010HailAmerican Fork-Hail stones ranging in size from 0.75 inches to 1 inch in diameter were reported near Highland.
August 1997HailAmerican Fork-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Utah County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Harrington Elementary Schoolunder 500 feet1993
Veterans Memorial Buildingunder 500 feet1994
American Fork Presbyterian Church0.1 miles1980
American Fork Historic District0.2 miles1998
American Fork Second Ward Meetinghouse0.2 miles1992
American Fork City Hall0.3 miles1994

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 93000065 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Utah CountyAll 183 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.