Mead Bank - Waupaca, WI - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

"The Mead Bank was originally built in 1862 facing Union Street at the southwest corner of Jefferson and Union and is the first bank mentioned in early Waupaca history. The bank was dismantled during a major fire in the 1870's to prevent the spread of the fire. It was rebuilt around saved doors and windows. The back section of the building was added many years after the original structure was built. In the back of the original building Henry Mead was brutally murdered on October 7, 1882 in what is technically an unsolved murder despite eleven years of investigation and a number of trials and confessions. The bank was moved to this location in 1899 from its original site"

Taken from HISTORIC WALKING TOUR OF WAUPACA, WIS. Mead Bank - 215 Jefferson Street.

The Mead Bank building is a white wooden building with a set of double doors in the front, and flanked by windows on both sides of the doors consuming the hole front of the building.

The news reports of the murder of Henry Mead can be found at: (visit link)

Street address: 215 Jefferson Street Waupaca, WI USA 54981 County / Borough / Parish: Waupaca Year listed: 2003 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874 Historic function: Commerce/Trade Current function: Photo Studio Privately owned?: yes Hours of operation: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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