Oldest Bank Building in Illinois - Old Shawneetown, Illinois
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BruceS
N 37° 41.645 W 088° 08.180
16S E 399818 N 4172481
Historic early house and bank in Old Shawneetown, Illinois.
Waymark Code: WM6FD6
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 05/25/2009
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One block downstream from the hotel the levee bulwarks the OLDEST BANK BUILDING IN ILLINOIS, a modest little cottage built in 1812. Here the State's first bank was opened in 1816 and precociaouly carried on its business. - - Illinois, a Descriptive and Historical Guide, 1939 , Tour 3a, pg. 436.
Building is known as the John Marshal house. The building is now operated as a museum. It is open weekends Mother’s Day to the end of October. Saturdays 10-noon and 2-4; Sundays 1-4.