Bank of Eureka Springs Community Room

Ellis Murphy established Murphy’s Firestone Tire Service at this siteabout 1923. Called “Murphy the Tire Man,” his services were frequently required to patch inner tubes and repair tires for hundreds of automobiles bringing tourists to Eureka Springs. The limestone building was an auto repair shop until July 1973 when it was purchased for use as a community room for the Bank of Eureka Springs. They brought back and placed the first old-time awning on the building, beginning a restoration trend which spread throughout the historic district, and the building was restored in time for the 1979 Eureka Springs centennial.